Consider a product that is stocked using periodic review inventory policy. Orders are placed every 21 days, and shipment lead time is four days. Daily demand is normally distributed with a mean of 58 and standard deviation of 16; fulfillment policy is at 97%. You have to do the following:   (b) If the current stock is 398, and we are about to place an order, how much do we order?.

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#5. Consider a product that is stocked using periodic review inventory policy. Orders are placed every 21 days, and shipment lead time is four days. Daily demand is normally distributed with a mean of 58 and standard deviation of 16; fulfillment policy is at 97%. You have to do the following:

 

(b) If the current stock is 398, and we are about to place an order, how much do we order?.

 

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