Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
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Author: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj K. Malhotra, Larry P. Ritzman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 15P

In a Q system, the demand rate for strawberry ice cream is normally distributed, with an average of 300 pints per week. The lead time is 9 weeks. The standard deviation of weekly demand is 15 pints.

  1. What is the standard deviation of demand during the 9-week lead time?
  2. What is the average demand during the 9-week lead time?
  3. What reorder point results in a cycle-service level of 99 percent?

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The Main Street Pharmacy fills prescriptions for a popular antibiotic medicine. The daily demand for the anti normally distributed with a mean of 200 pills and a standard deviation of 80 pills. The Vendor that supplies t to the pharmacy calls the pharmacist every 4 weeks to check the inventory of the antibiotic in the store. The receive an order of the antibiotic from the vendor is 4 days. Due to the importance of this drug, the pharmac adopted a 98% service level policy. The Pharmacy and Vendor operate 7 days a week, 52 weeks per year. A) During one call, the pharmacist informed the vendor that 300 antibiotic pills remained in stock. What replenishment quantity should the pharmacist order?
The Main Street Pharmacy fills prescriptions for a popular antibiotic medicine. The daily demand for the anti normally distributed with a mean of 200 pills and a standard deviation of 80 pills. The Vendor that supplies t to the pharmacy calls the pharmacist every 4 weeks to check the inventory of the antibiotic in the store. The receive an order of the antibiotic from the vendor is 4 days. Due to the importance of this drug, the pharmac adopted a 98% service level policy. The Pharmacy and Vendor operate 7 days a week, 52 weeks per year.   A) If the pharmacy can accept one stock out of antibiotic every two years, what level of safety stock should the pharmacist maintain?

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Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Operations Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)

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