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-$16 per order), beans are always shipped from Hawaii within exactly four days. Per-pound annual holding costs for the beans are $3. 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 is acceptable, would the safety stock holding costs decrease or increase?
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-$16 per order), beans are always shipped from Hawaii within exactly four days. Per-pound annual holding costs for the beans are $3. 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 is acceptable, would the safety stock holding costs decrease or increase?
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