Your company currently keeps a safety stock of 554 units of a particular product that has a lead time of 10 days. Records indicate that the weekly demand was as follows: 1176 955 780 1052 736 842 748 993 852 738 794 1444 1333 1372 1106 706 923 734 786 729 1357 1165 1277 683 1106 What is the current service level? Input your result as the decimal form and round to 4 decimal places. You are requested to recommend a safety stock that will ensure an average service level of 97.5%. The lead time is not expected to change. What safety stock would you recommend?

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Your company currently keeps a safety stock of 554 units of a particular product that has a lead time of 10 days. Records indicate that the weekly demand was as follows: 1176 955 780 1052 736 842 748 993 852 738 794 1444 1333 1372 1106 706 923 734 786 729 1357 1165 1277 683 1106 What is the current service level? Input your result as the decimal form and round to 4 decimal places. You are requested to recommend a safety stock that will ensure an average service level of 97.5%. The lead time is not expected to change. What safety stock would you recommend? (0 decimal places)
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