Tobacco is shipped from North Carolina to a cigarette manufacturer in Cambodia once a year. The reorder point, without safety stock, is 200 kilos. The carrying cost is $10 per kilo per year, and the cost of a stockout is $75 per kilo per year. Given the following demand probabilities during the lead time, how much safety stock should be carried? Demand During Lead Time (Kilos) Probability 0.1 100 200 0.1 0.2 300 0.4 400 0.2 The optimal quantity of safety stock which minimizes expected total cost is kilos (enter your response as a whole number).

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Tobacco is shipped from North Carolina to a cigarette manufacturer in Cambodia once a year. The reorder point, without safety stock, is 200 kilos. The carrying cost is $10 per kilo per year, and the cost of a stockout is $75 per kilo per year. Given
the following demand probabilities during the lead time, how much safety stock should be carried?
Probability
0.1
0.1
Demand During Lead Time (Kilos)
100
200
0.2
300
0.4
400
0.2
The optimal quantity of safety stock which minimizes expected total cost is
kilos (enter your response as a whole number).
Transcribed Image Text:Tobacco is shipped from North Carolina to a cigarette manufacturer in Cambodia once a year. The reorder point, without safety stock, is 200 kilos. The carrying cost is $10 per kilo per year, and the cost of a stockout is $75 per kilo per year. Given the following demand probabilities during the lead time, how much safety stock should be carried? Probability 0.1 0.1 Demand During Lead Time (Kilos) 100 200 0.2 300 0.4 400 0.2 The optimal quantity of safety stock which minimizes expected total cost is kilos (enter your response as a whole number).
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