The  book  and paper  store  also  distributes  a city  guidebook  that  is ordered from the publisher when needed. The purchase cost is $60. and the store must assume a lead - time of three months from the order is placed and the guidebooks  arrive.  The  store  reckon  for  an  annual  interest  rate  of  20  %  to compute holding  costs,  and  estimates  a  cost  of $40. for  a  lost  sale  if  the guidebook is requested when they are out of stock.  The expense of placing an order is set to $100.The demand of the guidebook can vary a great deal, but the average during a three - month period has been calculated to 125. The demand can be described by a normal distribution and the standard deviation is 15. Find the optimal value of the lot size, Q, and the reorder point, R, in this case.

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  1. The  book  and paper  store  also  distributes  a city  guidebook  that  is ordered from the publisher when needed. The purchase cost is $60. and the store must assume a lead - time of three months from the order is placed and the guidebooks  arrive.  The  store  reckon  for  an  annual  interest  rate  of  20  %  to compute holding  costs,  and  estimates  a  cost  of $40. for  a  lost  sale  if  the guidebook is requested when they are out of stock.  The expense of placing an order is set to $100.The demand of the guidebook can vary a great deal, but the average during a three - month period has been calculated to 125. The demand can be described by a normal distribution and the standard deviation is 15. Find the optimal value of the lot size, Q, and the reorder point, R, in this case.
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