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an estimate of the number of times a customer wanted a
The Texas Gladiators won the Super Bowl last year. As a
cap when it was not available but did not aşk for it.)
result, sportswear such as hats, sweatshirts, sweat-
pants, and jackets with the Gladiator's togo are popular.
The Gladiators operate an apparel store outside the foot-
ball stadium. It is near a busy highway, so the store has
heavy customer traffic throughout the year, not just on
game days. In addition, the stadium has high school or
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college football and soccer games almost every week in
the fall, and baseball games in the spring and summer.
The most poputar single item the stadium store sells is a
red and silver baseball-style cap with the Gladiators' logo
on it. The cap has an elastic headband inside it, which
conforms to different head sizes. However, the store has
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had a difficult time keeping the cap in stock, especially
during the time between the placement and receipt of an
order. Often customers come to the store just for the hat;
when it is not in stock, customers are upset, and the store
20
41
30
34
The store purchases the hats from a small manufac-
Jamaica. The shipments from Jamaica
management believ
stores to purchase their Gladiators' clothing. To rectify
this problem, the store manager, Jessica James, would
like to develop an inventory control policy that would
ensure that customers would be able to purchase the cap
99% of the time they asked for it. Jessica has accumu-
they tend to go to other competing turing company
are erratic, with a lead time of 20 days.
In the past, Ms. James has placed an order whenever
the stock got down to 150 caps. What level of service does
this reorder point correspond to? What would the reorder
point and safety stock need to be to achieve the desired
service level? Discuss how Jessica James might deter-
mine the order size of caps and what additional, if any,
lated the following demand data for the cap for a 30-week
period. (Demand includes actual sales plus a record of
the times a cap has been requested but not available and
information would be needed to determine the order size.
Transcribed Image Text:Question 2 an estimate of the number of times a customer wanted a The Texas Gladiators won the Super Bowl last year. As a cap when it was not available but did not aşk for it.) result, sportswear such as hats, sweatshirts, sweat- pants, and jackets with the Gladiator's togo are popular. The Gladiators operate an apparel store outside the foot- ball stadium. It is near a busy highway, so the store has heavy customer traffic throughout the year, not just on game days. In addition, the stadium has high school or Week Demand Week Demand Week Demand 1 38 11 28 21 52 2 51 12 41 22 38 3 25 13 37 23 49 4 60 14 44 24 46 college football and soccer games almost every week in the fall, and baseball games in the spring and summer. The most poputar single item the stadium store sells is a red and silver baseball-style cap with the Gladiators' logo on it. The cap has an elastic headband inside it, which conforms to different head sizes. However, the store has 5 35 15 45 25 47 42 16 56 26 41 29 17 62 27 39 8 46 18 53 28 50 9 55 19 46 29 28 10 19 had a difficult time keeping the cap in stock, especially during the time between the placement and receipt of an order. Often customers come to the store just for the hat; when it is not in stock, customers are upset, and the store 20 41 30 34 The store purchases the hats from a small manufac- Jamaica. The shipments from Jamaica management believ stores to purchase their Gladiators' clothing. To rectify this problem, the store manager, Jessica James, would like to develop an inventory control policy that would ensure that customers would be able to purchase the cap 99% of the time they asked for it. Jessica has accumu- they tend to go to other competing turing company are erratic, with a lead time of 20 days. In the past, Ms. James has placed an order whenever the stock got down to 150 caps. What level of service does this reorder point correspond to? What would the reorder point and safety stock need to be to achieve the desired service level? Discuss how Jessica James might deter- mine the order size of caps and what additional, if any, lated the following demand data for the cap for a 30-week period. (Demand includes actual sales plus a record of the times a cap has been requested but not available and information would be needed to determine the order size.
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