An item that is managed with a periodic review system has average daily demand of 60 units with a standard deviation of 2. The order interval for this item has been set at 10 days. Lead time for this item averages 5 days, with a standard deviation of 0.5 days. Acceptable stockout risk has been established as 2.5%. At the latest count, there are 480 units in inventory. How many units should be ordered?
Expert Answer
Considering safety limit is set at 2.5% means expected service level is 97.5%
So Z at 97.5% = 2.74778
Safety limilt during 10 days review
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