Operations Management
Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259142208
Author: CACHON, Gérard, Terwiesch, Christian
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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To explain: The relationship between the in-stock probability of a location and the lead time at the location.

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What is the relationship between the average inventory and the in-stock probability?a. The more the inventory, the lower the in-stock probability.b. There isn’t a definitive relationship—more inventory could mean a lower or a higherin-stock probability.c. The more the inventory, the higher the in-stock probability.
Retailers Warehouse (RW) is an independent supplier of household items todepartment stores. RW attempts to stock enough items for a 98 percent serviceprobability.A stainless steel knife set is one item it stocks. Demand (2,400 sets peryear) is relatively stable over the entire year. Whenever new stock isordered, a buyer must assure that numbers are correct for stock on handand then phone in a new order. The total cost involved to place an order isabout $5. RW figures that holding inventory in stock and paying forinterest on borrowed capital, insurance, and so on adds up to about $4holding cost per unit per year.Analysis of the past data shows that the standard deviation of demandfrom retailers is about four units per day for a 365-day year. Lead time toget the order is seven days.a. What is the economic order quantity?b. What is the reorder point?
26 Which of the following statements is true with regard to cycle stock?   a It is also called surplus stock.   b It is received from a downstream supply chain partner.   c It is seasonal in nature   d It is also referred to as base stock.   27 Inventories that are in transit in containers or trucks ______.   a are known as pipeline inventories   b are known as in-house inventories   c are relatively small in global supply chain (as compared to domestic supply chains)   d are known as en route inventories
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