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- A store has collected the following information on one of its products:Demand = 4,500 units/year Standard deviation of weekly demand = 12 units Ordering costs = $40/order Holding costs = $3/unit/year Cycle-service level = 90% (z for 90% = 1.28) Lead-time = 2 weeks Number of weeks per year = 52 weeks a. If a firm uses the continuous review system to control the inventory, what would be the order quantity and reorder point?arrow_forwardThe TransCanada Lumber Company and Mill processes 10,000 logs annually, operating 250 days per year. Imme-diately upon receiving an order, the logging company’s supplier begins delivery to the lumber mill at the rate of 60 logs per day. The lumber mill has determined that the or-dering cost is $1600 per order, and the cost of carrying logs in inventory before they are processed is $15 per log on anannual basis. Determine the following:a. The optimal order sizeb. The total inventory cost associated with the optimalorder quantityc. The number of operating days between ordersd. The number of operating days required to receive anorderarrow_forward13 Pam’s demand for hats is normally distributed with mean 500 and standard deviation 100. She sells her hats for $50 each and buys hats for $10 each, and anything she can't sell by the end of the year, the wholesaler will buy for $5 each. How many hats should she order for next year to maximize profit?arrow_forward
- Demand in each period is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 50. Assuming demand across periods are independent, what is the standard deviation of the total demand over 4 periods?arrow_forwardAlgro Inc. keeps a wide range of parts and materials on hand for use in its production processes. Management has recently had difficulty managing parts inventory as demand for its finished goods has increased; they frequently run out of some critical parts while having an endless supply of others. They would like to classify their parts inventory according to the ABC approach to better control inventory. The following is a list of parts, along with their annual usage and unit value: Item Annual Unit Item Annual Unit Number Usage Cost Number Usage Cost 1 36 $350 2 510 30 3 50 23 4 300 45 5 18 1900 6 500 8 7 710 4 8 80 26 9 344 28 10 67 440 11 510 2 12 682 35 13 1216 95 50 14 10 3 15 820 1 KARAN2222222222 16 60 $610 17 120 20 18 270 15 19 45 50 20 19 3200 21 910 3 12 4750 23 30 2710 24 24 1800 25 870 105 26 244 30 27 750 15 28 45 110 29 46 160 30 165 25 a. Classify the inventory items according to the ABC approach using the dollar value of annual demand. b. Clearly explain why you…arrow_forwardYou are a newsvendor selling the New York Times every morning. Before you get to work, you buy the day’s newspaper for $0.90 a copy. You sell a copy of the New York Times for $4.0. Daily demand is distributed normally with a mean of 130 and a standard deviation of 20. At the end of each morning, any leftover copies can be sold to a recycling center for $0.10. How many copies of the New Yorkarrow_forward
- Last year the retailer's weekly variance of demand was 190 units. The variance of orders was 480, 590, 730, and 1,380 units, for the retailer, wholesaler, distributor, and manufacturer, respectively (Note that the variance of orders equals the variance of demand for that firm's supplier) a) The bullwhip measure for the retailer is. (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places) b) The bullwhip measure for the wholesaler is c) The bullwhip measure for the distributor is (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places) (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places) d) The bullwhip measure for the manufacturer is (Enter your response rounded to two decimal places) e) In this supply chain, the appears to be contributing the most to the bullwhip effect, Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes javascript doExercise(10) This workstation has a time use limit ofarrow_forwardA retailer uses a periodic review order-up-to model to control the inventory of one of its high volume products. Average demand is 2580 units per week with a standard deviation of 1270. The review period is 5 weeks, the lead time is 11 weeks, and the safety factor used is 0.61. How many stockouts should the retailer expect for this product next year?arrow_forwardDan's Independent Book Store is trying to decide how many copies of a book to purchase at the start of the upcoming selling season. The book retails at $28.00. The publisher sells the book to Dan at $20.00. Dan will dispose of all of the unsold copies of the book at 50% off the retail price, at the end of the season. Dan estimates that demand for this book during the season is normal with a mean of 1000 and a standard deviation of 250. The publisher is thinking of offering the following scheme to Dan. At the end of the season, they will buy back unsold copies at a pre-determined price of $17.00. However, Dan would have to bear the costs of shipping unsold copies back to the publisher at $1.00 per copy. What is the quantity that Dan should order, to maximize his expected profits?arrow_forward
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