Barbara flynn is in charge of maintaining hospital supplies at general hospital. during the past year, the mean lead time demand for bandage bx-5 was 60 (and was normally distributed). furthermore, the standard deviation for bx-5 was 7. ms. flynn would like to maintain a 90% service level.

a) what safety stock level do you recommend for bx-5?

b) what is the appropriate reorder point?

Henry crouch's law office has traditionally ordered ink refills 7070 units at a time. the firm estimates that carrying cost is 4545% of the $1212 unit cost and that annual demand is about 245245 units per year. the assumptions of the basic eoq model are thought to apply. for what value of ordering cost would its action be optimal? a) for what value of ordering cost would its action be optimal? its action would be optimal given an ordering cost of $nothing per order (round your response to two decimal place

Why does the united states government provide tax breaks related to the amount of money companies spend on research and development? a. to provide incentives for companies to conduct research and development to allow antitrust authorities b. to challenge joint research efforts c. to protect the right of inventors d. to produce and sell their inventions e. to involve less government scrutiny than a government funded project

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