Experience suggests that usage of surgical gloves at a hospital can be approximated by a Normal distribution with a standard deviation of one-half box of surgical gloves per day and a mean of five boxes of surgical gloves per day. If ordering cost is $10 per order, annual holding cost is $10 per box, two days are required to fill an order surgical glove. a)  Determine the economic order quantity, (250 workdays a year). b)  If the hospital reorders when the surgical gloves on hand and on order is 12 boxes, calculate the risk of a stock-out during a lead time. c)  What shortage risk does the hospital incur if it orders 36 boxes when the amount on hand is 12 boxes If a fixed interval of seven days, instead of the EOQ/ ROP model, is used for reordering

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Experience suggests that usage of surgical gloves at a hospital can be approximated by a Normal distribution with a standard deviation of one-half box of surgical gloves per day and a mean of five boxes of surgical gloves per day.
If ordering cost is $10 per order, annual holding cost is $10 per box, two days are required to fill an order surgical glove.

  1. a)  Determine the economic order quantity, (250 workdays a year).

  2. b)  If the hospital reorders when the surgical gloves on hand and on order is 12 boxes,

    calculate the risk of a stock-out during a lead time.

  3. c)  What shortage risk does the hospital incur if it orders 36 boxes when the amount on hand

    is 12 boxes If a fixed interval of seven days, instead of the EOQ/ ROP model, is used for reordering

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