You Would Like to Use the Fixed-Time-Period Inventory Model to Compute

question 62

Multiple Choice

You would like to use the fixed-time-period inventory model to compute the desired order quantity for a company. You know that vendor lead time is 5 days and the number of days between reviews is 7. Which of the following is the standard deviation of demand over the review and lead time if the standard deviation of daily demand is 8?

• A) About 27.7
• B) About 32.8
• C) About 35.8
• D) About 39.9
• E) About 45.0

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Definitions:

Returns To Scale

An economic concept describing how output changes in response to a proportional change in all inputs; indicating constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale.

Production Function

A mathematical equation that describes the maximum amount of output that can be obtained from a given set of inputs.

Output

The amount of goods or services produced by a business, industry, or economy in a given period.

Production Isoquants

Curves that represent different combinations of inputs that produce the same level of output, illustrating the trade-offs in production processes.