Exercise 12-6: Hewlett Packard
Average demand per unit time, R = 250
SD of demand per unit time, sR = 150
Order quantity, Q= 1000
Reorder Point 600
Distribution of Demand during Replenishment Lead Time
Mean demand during lead time, RL = =C13*(C14)
SD of demand during lead time, sL = =C15*SQRT(C14)
Safety Inventory, ss = =C17-C20
Cycle Service Level, CSL = =NORMDIST(C24+C20,C20,C21,1)
Expected shortage per replenishment cycle, ESC = =-C24*(1-NORMDIST(C24/C21,0,1,1))+C21*NORMDIST(C24/C21,0,1,0)
Fill Rate, fr = =(C16-C26)/C16
Weekly demand for Hewlett Packard printers at a Sam’s Club store is normally distributed with a mean of 250 and a standard deviation of 150. The
store manager continuously monitors inventory and currently orders a thousand printers each time the inventory drops to 600 printers. Hewlett
Packard currently takes two weeks to fill an order. How much safety inventory does the store carry? What cycle service level does Sam’s Club
achieve as a result of this policy? What fill rate does the store achieve?