The amount of denim used daily by the Southwest Apparel Company in its manufacturing process to make

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The amount of denim used daily by the Southwest Apparel Company in its manufacturing process to make jeans is normally distributed with an average of 4000 metres of denim and a standard deviation of 600 metres. The lead time required to receive an order of denim from the textile mill is a constant seven days. Determine the safety stock and reorder point if the company wants to limit the probability of a stock-out and work stoppage to 5%.

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Operations Management Creating Value Along the Supply Chain

ISBN: 978-1118301173

1st Canadian Edition

Authors: Roberta S. Russell, Bernard W. Taylor, Ignacio Castillo, Navneet Vidyarthi

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