What is the safety stock needed to attain a 1​% risk of stockout during lead​ time? enter your response here pounds ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). Part 7 ​f) What is the annual holding cost of maintaining the level of safety stock needed to support a 1​% ​risk? ​$enter your response here ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). Part 8 ​g) If management specified that a​ 2% risk of stockout during lead time would be​ acceptable, the safety stock holding costs will ▼   decrease increase not change

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A gourmet coffee shop in downtown San Francisco is open 200 days a year and sells an average of
75 pounds of Kona coffee beans a day.​ (Demand can be assumed to be distributed normally with a standard deviation of 16 pounds per​ day). After ordering​ (fixed cost​ = ​$17 per​ order), beans are always delivered from Hawaii in exactly 4 days.​ Per-pound annual holding costs for the beans are ​$3. Refer to the standard normal table LOADING... for​ z-values.
 
​e) What is the safety stock needed to attain a
1​%
risk of stockout during lead​ time?
enter your response here
pounds ​(round your response to two decimal​ places).
Part 7
​f) What is the annual holding cost of maintaining the level of safety stock needed to support a
1​%
​risk?
​$enter your response here
​(round your response to two decimal​ places).
Part 8
​g) If management specified that a​ 2% risk of stockout during lead time would be​ acceptable, the safety stock holding costs will
 
decrease
increase
not change
.
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