Thomas' Bike Shop stocks a high-volume item that has a normally distributed demand during lead time. The average daily demand is 100 units, the lead time is 4 days, and the standard deviation of demand during lead time is 20.
(a) How much safety stock provides a 90% service level to Thomas?
(b) What should the reorder point be?
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