A regional warehouse orders

items once a week from a central warehouse. The truck arrives 4 days after the

order is placed. The warehouse operates 6 days a week. For a particular brand

and size of chicken soup, the demand is fairly steady at 30 cases per day.

Safety stock is set at 2 days’ supply.

b. If the quantity on hand

is 100 cases, how many should be ordered?

Your answer: Order quantity is cases.