The Main Street Pharmacy fills prescriptions for a popular antibiotic medicine. The daily demand for the anti normally distributed with a mean of 200 pills and a standard deviation of 80 pills. The Vendor that supplies t to the pharmacy calls the pharmacist every 4 weeks to check the inventory of the antibiotic in the store. The receive an order of the antibiotic from the vendor is 4 days. Due to the importance of this drug, the pharmac adopted a 98% service level policy. The Pharmacy and Vendor operate 7 days a week, 52 weeks per year. A) During one call, the pharmacist informed the vendor that 300 antibiotic pills remained in stock. What replenishment quantity should the pharmacist order?

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The Main Street Pharmacy fills prescriptions for a popular antibiotic medicine. The daily demand for the anti normally distributed with a mean of 200 pills and a standard deviation of 80 pills. The Vendor that supplies t to the pharmacy calls the pharmacist every 4 weeks to check the inventory of the antibiotic in the store. The receive an order of the antibiotic from the vendor is 4 days. Due to the importance of this drug, the pharmac adopted a 98% service level policy. The Pharmacy and Vendor operate 7 days a week, 52 weeks per year.

A) During one call, the pharmacist informed the vendor that 300 antibiotic pills remained in stock. What replenishment quantity should the pharmacist order?

 

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