Principles Of Operations Management
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Author: RENDER, Barry, HEIZER, Jay, Munson, Chuck
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 12, Problem 43P
Authentic Thai rattan chairs (shown in the photo) are delivered to Gary Schwartz’s chain of retail stores, called The Kathmandu Shop, once a year. The reorder point, without safety stock, is 200 chairs. Carrying cost b $30 per unit per year, and the cost of a stockout is $70 per chair per year. Given the following demand probabilities during the lead time, how much safety stock should be carried?
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Authentic Thai rattan chairs (shown in the photo) are delivered to Gary Schwartz’s chain of retail stores, called The Kathmandu Shop, once a year. The reorder point, without safety stock, is 200 chairs. Carrying cost is $30 per unit per year, and the cost of a stockout is $70 per chair per year. Given the following demand probabilities during the lead time,
DEMAND DURING LEAD TIME PROBABILITY0 0.2100 0.2200 0.2300 0.2400 0.2
a)How much safety stock should be carried?
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Authentic Thai rattan chairs are delivered to Gary Schwartz's chain of retail stores, called The Kathmandu Shop, once a year. The reorder point, without safety stock, is 200 chairs. Carrying cost is $40 per unit per year, and the cost of a stockout is $70 per chair per year. Given the following demand probabilities during the lead time, how much safety stock should be carried?
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The optimal quantity of safety stock which minimizes expected total cost is _ units (enter response as a whole number).
Authentic Thai rattan chairs (shown in the photo)are delivered to Gary Schwartz’s chain of retail stores, called TheKathmandu Shop, once a year. The reorder point, without safety stock,is 200 chairs. Carrying cost is $30 per unit per year, and the cost of a
stockout is $70 per chair per year. Given the following demand prob-abilities during the lead time, how much safety stock should be carried?
DEMAND DURING LEAD TIME PROBABILITY0 0.2100 0.2200 0.2300 0.2400 0.2
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