A hospital's biomedical repair shop uses a 4-week periodic system to maintain the inventory on the blood pressure cuff repair parts. They use an average 40 adult arm cuffs with a standard deviation of 6 cuffs during their reorder leadtime. Cuffs aren't the most critical item they carry, but the manager would like to avoid the embarrassment of a stockout at least 95% of the time. What should their restocking level be?

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The Answer of A hospital's biomedical repair shop uses a 4-week periodic system to maintain the inventory on the blood pressure cuff repair parts. They use an average 40 adult arm cuffs with a standard deviation of 6 cuffs during their reorder leadtime. Cuffs aren't the most critical item they carry, but the manager would like to avoid the embarrassment of a stockout at least 95% of the time. What should their restocking level be?

A Hospital's Biomedical Repair Shop Uses a 4-Week Periodic System