The curve below shows the probability distribution for a newsvendor’s daily customer demand for a newspaper. The newsvendor purchases newspapers at the beginning of the day, sells the papers during the day, and at the end of the day, collects a salvage value
for each unsold paper.
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In this case, the demand distribution is normal, with a mean of 50 newspapers and a standard deviation of 10 newspapers.
Optimal Stocking Quantity = 10 newspapers
When calculating initial stock level, round up.
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