Barbara Flynn is in charge of maintaining hos-pital supplies at General Hospital. During the past year, the mean lead time demand for bandage BX-5 was 60 (and wasnormally distributed). Furthermore, the standard deviation forBX-5 was 7. Ms. Flynn would like to maintain a 90% service level.a) What safety stock level do you recommend for BX-5?b) What is the appropriate reorder point?

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Barbara Flynn is in charge of maintaining hos-
pital supplies at General Hospital. During the past year, the

mean lead time demand for bandage BX-5 was 60 (and was
normally distributed). Furthermore, the standard deviation for
BX-5 was 7. Ms. Flynn would like to maintain a 90% service level.
a) What safety stock level do you recommend for BX-5?
b) What is the appropriate reorder point?

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