Vintage-looking art replicas are delivered to an art store once a year. The reorder point for the pieces without safety stock is 200 pieces. The carrying cost is $30 per unit per year, and the cost of a stockout is $70 per chair per year. Given the following demand probabilities during the lead time, how much safety stock should be carried?

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12. Vintage-looking art replicas are delivered to an art store once a year. The reorder point for the pieces without safety stock is 200 pieces. The carrying cost is $30 per unit per year, and the cost of a stockout is $70 per chair per year. Given the following demand probabilities during the lead time, how much safety stock should be carried?

 

Demand: 0 100 200 300 400

 

Probability: 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

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