Acceptable stockout chance 2.5% 2.5% A. When can each object be reordered by the manager?

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Problem 33P: Assume the demand for a companys drug Wozac during the current year is 50,000, and assume demand...
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For two new output products, the manager must set up inventory purchasing

 

systems, P34 and P35.

 

P34 can be ordered at any moment, but only once every four weeks can P35

 

be ordered. The corporation runs 50 weeks a year and the weekly utilisation rates are usually allocated on both pieces. The manager has collected the

 

following documents.

 

Point P34 Point P35

 

Average weekly request 60 units Seventy units Deviation from norm Four units a week Five units a week

 

$15 $20 per unit.

 

The expense of annual keeping is 30% 30% of the

 

Price $70 to order $30 30

 

2 weeks lead period 2 weeks

 

Acceptable stockout chance 2.5% 2.5% A. When can each object be reordered by the manager?

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