Drug Inc. sells a high runner product that is ordered every 20 days when a sales person visits from one of the pharmaceutical companies. This product has an average daily demand of 1,500 units. The standard deviation of daily demand was calculated from evaluating data over the past three months and was found to be 550 units. Once an order is started, it takes seven days to arrive. The company would like to satisfy 95 percent of their demand. The sales person just arrived, and there are currently 10,000 units in warehouse.    How many units should be ordered during that Time Period? Formula = Reorder point (time period) – On hand inventory

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Drug Inc. sells a high runner product that is ordered every 20 days when a sales person visits from one of the pharmaceutical companies. This product has an average daily demand of 1,500 units. The standard deviation of daily demand was calculated from evaluating data over the past three months and was found to be 550 units. Once an order is started, it takes seven days to arrive. The company would like to satisfy 95 percent of their demand. The sales person just arrived, and there are currently 10,000 units in warehouse.

 

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