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Part 1

For a given Type-I service level, we will calculate the safety stock for stores:

Demand Information Lead time information
R (average) = 50 LT (average) = 8
sR (standard deviation) = 30 sLT (standard deviation) = 0

Target Type-I service level (prob of no stock-out)
0.95

Step 1:
Lead time demand information
R*LT (average) = 400
sdLT (standard deviation) = 84.85281374

Step 2:
normal distribution z value 1.644853
Safety stock 139.5704053

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