The annual demand for a product is 15,300 units. The weekly demand is 294 units with a standard deviation of 90 units. The cost to place an order is $28.50, and the time from ordering to receipt is ten weeks. The annual inventory carrying cost is $0.20 per unit. Find the reorder point necessary to provide a 98% service probability. Suppose the production manager is asked to reduce the safety stock of this item by 50%. If she does so, what will the new service probability be?

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above