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An Introduction to Management Science 13th Edition by David Anderson,Dennis Sweeney ,Thomas Williams ,Jeffrey Camm, Kipp Martin

Edition 13ISBN: 978-1439043271
book An Introduction to Management Science 13th Edition by David Anderson,Dennis Sweeney ,Thomas Williams ,Jeffrey Camm, Kipp Martin cover

An Introduction to Management Science 13th Edition by David Anderson,Dennis Sweeney ,Thomas Williams ,Jeffrey Camm, Kipp Martin

Edition 13ISBN: 978-1439043271
Exercise 2
For Floyd Distributors in Problem 29, we were given Q * = 25, D = 200, C h , = $5, and a normal lead-time demand distribution with ? = 12 and ? = 2.5.
a. What is Floyd's reorder point if the firm is willing to tolerate two stockouts during the year?
b. What is Floyd's reorder point if the firm wants to restrict the probability of a stockout on any one cycle to at most 1 %?
c. What are the safety stock levels and the annual safety stock costs for the reorder points found in parts (a) and (b)?
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