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The Belwood Bread Company uses an average of 4,000 kilos of flour daily, with a standard deviation of 500 kilos per day. The average lead time to get a shipment of flour is 9 days with a standard deviation of 2 days. The owner of the bakery wants to maintain a service level of 95%.

z-value Probability
1.63 .9485
1.64 .9500
1.65 .9505
1.66 .9515
1.67 .9615
Which one of the following is true about the reorder point for flour?

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Answer:

The Belwood Bread Company uses an average of 4,000 kilos of flour daily, with a standard deviation of 500 kilos per day is explained below in detail.

Step-by-step explanation:

In my practice, it doesn't save capital, but it's still deserving it because it's wholesome and better than reserve purchased at the same amount.

For me, 1kg of all-purpose powder yields 1.6kg of bread (as two cubes). Each 13x4x4" (Pullman) loaf measures about 800 grams after freezing and yields between 22-30 slices related to its width. The value per loaf is under $1.00 and incorporates all components, charge, and electricity for mixing, baking, slicing.

I've created a few hundred loaves based on modifications of this formula:

% grams cost calories sodium protein fat sugar

all-purpose powder 100 500 0.417 1833 0 50 17 0

instant yeast 0.8 4 0.067 16 0 0 0 3

non-fat dry milk 4 20 0.203 70 0 7 10 109

sugar 4 20 0.019 75 0 0 20 0

canola oil 10 50 0.072 429 50 0 0

salt 2 10 0.006 0 0 0 0 3933

water 56 280 0.000 0 0 0 0 0

dough total 176.8 884 $0.783 2422 50 57 47 4045

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