Waterloo Warehouse Ltd. (WWL) acts as a distributor for a product manufactured by Norwich Company. WWL uses
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Waterloo Warehouse Ltd. (WWL) acts as a distributor for a product manufactured by Norwich Company. WWL uses an (s, Q) type of control system. Demands on Waterloo can be assumed to be unit sized. Norwich has a particular way of delivering the quantity Q:
They deliver Q/2 at the end of the lead time of 1 month and the other Q/2 at the end of 2 months. Assume that this business has the following characteristics:
Q = 100 units s = 40 units
σ1 = 10 units (σ1 = the standard deviation of forecast errors over 1 month)
D = 360 units/year
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Inventory And Production Management In Supply Chains
ISBN: 9781032179322
4th Edition
Authors: Edward A Silver, David F Pyke, Douglas J Thomas
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