d) Assume that management has specified that no more than a 1% risk during stockout is acceptable. What should the reorder point (ROP) be? e) What is the safety stock needed to attain a 1% risk of stockout during lead time? f ) What is the annual holding cost of maintaining the level of safety stock needed to support a 1% risk?

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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 15 pounds
per day.) After ordering (fixed cost 5 $16 per order), beans are
always shipped from Hawaii within exactly 4 days. Per-pound
annual holding costs for the beans are $3.

d) Assume that management has specified that no more than
a 1% risk during stockout is acceptable. What should the
reorder point (ROP) be?
e) What is the safety stock needed to attain a 1% risk of stockout
during lead time?
f ) What is the annual holding cost of maintaining the level of
safety stock needed to support a 1% risk?
g) If management specified that a 2% risk of stockout during lead
time would be acceptable, would the safety stock holding costs
decrease or increase?

 
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