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A drugstore uses fixed-order cycles for many of the items it stocks. The manager wants a service level of .99. The order interval is 12 days, and lead time is 4 days. Average demand for one item is 63 units per day, and the standard deviation of demand is 6 units per day. Given the on-hand inventory at the reorder time for each order cycle shown in the following table. Use Table. Cycle On Hand 1 38 2 10 3 93 Determine the order quantities for cycles 1, 2, and 3: (Round your answers to the nearest whole number) Cycle Units 1 1019 Numeric ResponseEdit Unavailable. 1019 incorrect. 2 1047 Numeric ResponseEdit Unavailable. 1047 incorrect. 3 964 Numeric ResponseEdit Unavailable. 964 incorrect.
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