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A Grocery Store Is Aiming for a 95% Service Level

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A grocery store is aiming for a 95% service level for 1 gallon bottles of whole milk.The mean demand during lead time is 200 with a standard deviation of 40.Milk has a carrying cost of $0.50 per unit per year.How much safety stock should the grocery store maintain in milk and what is the reorder point?


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Payback Criterion

A capital budgeting method that measures the time required to recoup the initial investment in a project.

Mutually Exclusive

Referring to events or choices that cannot occur or be taken simultaneously; selecting one option excludes the availability or selection of the other.

Payback Cutoff

The maximum acceptable period within which an investment should recover its initial costs, used as a criterion for investment decisions.

Net Present Values

The calculation of the present value of an investment's expected cash flows minus the initial investment cost.

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