Operations Management (McGraw-Hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences)
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Author: William J Stevenson
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Chapter 13, Problem 41P
A manager is going to purchase new processing equipment and must decide on the number of spare parts to order with the new equipment. The spares cost $200 each, and any unused spares will have an expected salvage value of $50 each. The probability of usage can be described by this distribution:
If a part fails and a spare is not available, two days will be needed to obtain a replacement and install it. The cost for idle equipment is $500 per day. What quantity of spares should be ordered?
a. Use the ratio method.
b. Use the tabular method (see Table 13.3).
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