Julie's Diamond Boutique Is Very Concerned with Its Order Policies

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Essay

Julie's Diamond Boutique is very concerned with its order policies related to one-carat diamond solitaires.Their current policy is to order 10 diamonds whenever their inventory reaches 6 diamonds (unless there is already an ordered delivery due).Currently there are 8 diamonds on hand.Orders are placed at the end of the month and take one month to arrive .The following distribution of monthly sales has been developed using historical sales.If Julie's does not have a diamond on hand,it will result in a lost sale.Use the following random numbers to determine the number of lost sales of one-carat solitaires at Julie's over 12 months.
Random numbers for sales: 10,24,03,32,23,59,95,34,34,51,08,48

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Definitions:

Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost and the standard cost of materials used in production, multiplied by the quantity of materials used.

Standard Price

A pre-determined cost assigned to goods and services, used as a benchmark in budgeting and variance analysis.

Pounds

A unit of weight commonly used in the British imperial and United States customary measurement systems.

Direct Materials Price Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct materials used in production and the expected (or standard) cost of those materials.