Question 1 (a) Consider the "newsboy problem". The newspaper vendor ordered 100 newspapers from the supplier in anticipation of demand for newspapers the next day. The newsvendor calculated the expected profit to be $150. Later, the newsvendor computed the critical ratio for the problem as 0.57. The probabilities of possible demand of the newspaper are shown in Table 1. Analyse whether the quantity the newsvendor ordered is the best quantity to maximise the expected profit. Demand Table 1: Newspaper demand distribution 25 50 75 100 125 150 Probability 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.10 marks) (b) The average weekly demand for a piece of respiratory equipment was found to be 25 units with a lead time of 3 weeks. The standard deviation of lead time demand is known to be 10 units. The company plans to provide a service level that is 47.7% more than the mean lead time demand. Both demand and lead time follow a normal distribution. The company determined that an order of 250 units is the optimal order quantity for the item. (i) Identify the ordering policy for the item. (ii) If the company decides not to keep any safety stock, what service level can it achieve?

Question 1 (a) Consider the "newsboy problem". The newspaper vendor ordered 100 newspapers from the supplier in anticipation of demand for newspapers the next day. The newsvendor calculated the expected profit to be $150. Later, the newsvendor computed the critical ratio for the problem as 0.57. The probabilities of possible demand of the newspaper are shown in Table 1. Analyse whether the quantity the newsvendor ordered is the best quantity to maximise the expected profit. Demand Table 1: Newspaper demand distribution 25 50 75 100 125 150 Probability 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.10 marks) (b) The average weekly demand for a piece of respiratory equipment was found to be 25 units with a lead time of 3 weeks. The standard deviation of lead time demand is known to be 10 units. The company plans to provide a service level that is 47.7% more than the mean lead time demand. Both demand and lead time follow a normal distribution. The company determined that an order of 250 units is the optimal order quantity for the item. (i) Identify the ordering policy for the item. (ii) If the company decides not to keep any safety stock, what service level can it achieve?

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

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Chapter3: Cost Behavior

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Problem 5CE: Refer to Cornerstone Exercise 3.4 for data on Dohini Manufacturing Companys purchasing cost and...

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