your company is facing the situation in which the demand is stochastic but the lead time is known with certainty. Your company has recently implemented a periodic review policy in which your inventory is reviewed every 30 days. The demand is normally distributed with a mean of 600 items annually. The lead time is 25 days, and the annual standard deviation is 100 units. Inventory shows 20 parts in stock. Your company has a policy of 90% service level type I. Also, ordering cost in $20 and holding cost is also $20 per item per year. a) find the order quantity for the next period b) how would your answer change if service level is defined as the expected number of parts available from stock.

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your company is facing the situation in which the demand is stochastic but the lead time is known with certainty. Your company has recently implemented a periodic review policy in which your inventory is reviewed every 30 days. The demand is normally distributed with a mean of 600 items annually. The lead time is 25 days, and the annual standard deviation is 100 units. Inventory shows 20 parts in stock.

Your company has a policy of 90% service level type I. Also, ordering cost in $20 and holding cost is also $20 per item per year.

a) find the order quantity for the next period

b) how would your answer change if service level is defined as the expected number of parts available from stock.

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