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Each selling season the item is ordered. Orders are placed only once a season. No reordering happens during the season. Suppose the selling price of

Each selling season the item is ordered. Orders are placed only once a season. No reordering happens during the season. Suppose the selling price of $25 and the item has no markdown value. If the cost of the item was $20, what order quantity should the store consider for the next time the item is ordered?

Also, I want to know salvage, mu, sigma, Cu, Co, critical ratio, z service factor, and Q

(Suppose an item has this demand history shown)

cost 20
retail 25 Demand History
salvage 36
41
mu 32
sigma 60
49
52
Cu (retail-cost) (gain if have enough stock) 36
Co (cost-salvage) (loss if overstocked) 31
critical ratio (service level)(Cu/(Cu + Co)) 47
66
z service factor 24
68
Q(optimal) 42

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