Safety Stock; Reorder Point

Pohling Company makes a variety of household appliances, including automatic can openers. Small motors used in making can openers are purchased from an outside supplier. Each year, 22,200 small motors are used, at the rate of 89 small motors per day. However, some days as many as 116 small motors are used. It takes Pohling 7 days from the time of order to the time of arrival of the order.

Required:

1.Calculate the reorder point without safety stock.

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2.Calculate the amount of safety stock.

_________units

3.Calculate the reorder point with safety stock.

_________units