What level of safety stock should be maintained for bb-1


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Q: Mr. Beautiful, an organization that sets weight training sets, has an ordering cost of $45 for the BB-1 set (BB-1 stands for Body Beautiful Number 1). The carrying cost for BB-1 is $18 per set per year. To meet demand, Mr. Beautiful orders large quantities of BB-1 5 times a year. The stockout cost for BB-1 is estimated to be $40 per set. Over the past several years, Mr. Beautiful has observed the following demand during the lead time for BB-1:

Demand during lead time   Probability
100                       0.1
120                       0.2            
140                       0.2
160                       0.2
180                       0.2
200                       0.1

The reorder point for BB-1 is 140 sets. What level of safety stock should be maintained for BB-1?

The optimal quantity of safety stock which minimizes expected total cost is sets (enter your response as a whole number).

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