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- The fine Garment company sells fashion clothing. The
forecasted annual demand for its premium leather jacket is 1200. The orderprocessing cost per order is $25, and the inventory holding cost is $50/item/year. How many leather jacket should it order in one shipment?
- The fine garment company want to use re-order point system. It has the order quantity set at 34.64. To allow uncertainties in delivery and it customer demand, it wishes to hold 4 week of demand as safety stock. What should be re-order point if the delivery lead time is 2 weeks?
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