Operations Management (Comp. Instructor's Edition)
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ISBN: 9781259948237
Author: Stevenson
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Chapter 13, Problem 37P
A small grocery store sells fresh produce, which it obtains from a local farmer. During the strawberry season, demand for fresh strawberries can be reasonably approximated using a
a. What is the implied cost of shortage per quart?
b. Why might this be a reasonable figure?
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A small grocery store sells fresh produce, which it obtains from a local farmer. During the strawberry season, demand for fresh strawberries can be reasonably approximated using a normal distribution with a mean of 36 quarts per day and a standard deviation of 7 quarts per day. Excess costs run .40 cents per quart. The grocer orders 42 quarts per day.Use Table. What is the implied cost of shortage per quart?
Daily demand for fresh cauliflower in the ZZ-Warehouse store follows normal distribution with mean 100 cartons and s.d. 20 cartons.
The ZZ-Warehouse buys at a cost of $50.00 per carton, sells it for $70.00 per carton.
Unsold cartons are sold for $20.00 per carton.
Cost of shortage = 70-50 = 20; cost of excess = 50-20 = 30;
Ratio using (20.1), the service level = (20/(20+30))= 0.4
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b. 95
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Problem 12-37 (Algo)
A small grocery store sells fresh produce, which it obtains from a local farmer. During the strawberry season, demand for fresh
strawberries can be reasonably approximated using a normal distribution with a mean of 36 quarts per day and a standard deviation of
5 quarts per day. Excess costs run 50 cents per quart. The grocer orders 41 quarts per day.
Use Table.
What is the implied cost of shortage per quart? (Round your z value to 2 decimal places, your service level probability to 4 decimal
places and your final answer to 2 decimal places.)
Shortage cost per quart
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