Dunstreet\'s Department Store would like to develop an inventory ordering policy

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Dunstreet's Department Store would like to develop an inventory ordering policy of a 95 percent probability of not stocking out. To illustrate your recommended procedure, use as an example ???.39 the ordering policy for white percale sheets. Demand for white percale sheets is 3,200 per year. The store is open 365 days per year. Every four weeks (28 days) inventory is counted and a new order is placed. It takes 15 days for the sheets to be delivered. Standard deviation of demand for the sheets is three per day. There are currently 180 sheets on hand. How many sheets should you order? (Use Excel's NORMSINV) function to find the correct critical value for the given a-level. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "z" value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.) Number of sheets

Explanation / Answer

What is the first program you have identified?
As a part of our retail company’s expansion plan, we decide to set up a regional distribution center in India to cater to the demands of South Asia. The program was named “RDC-11” where 11 stands for the RDC.

2. How do you know this is as program?

I was a part of the Program as the Program manager

3. What are at least two projects within this program?

There were multiple projects in the program namely

Site finalization and clearances for setup
Structure construction and Interiors
Warehouse equipment procurement
IT Infrastructure procurement and setup
Manpower (onroll and contractual staff) onboarding
Although there were 5 projects under the program, it was assigned to 4 project managers only (first 2 projects under the same project manager as the 2nd project could only start when the Site finalization and clearances had been secured)

4. What is the second program you have identified?

The second program that is identified was rollout of an ERP for Dubai operations of a manufacturing firm.

5. How do you know this is a program?

I was a part of this program

6. What are at least two projects within this program?

Since this was an IT implementation program, the program was divided into multiple projects spanning in IT section as mentioned below

Onboarding the Implementation partner
Hardware sizing and procurement
ERP Implementation and golive
There were 3 project managers each responsible for their projects respectively

*As a student you can replace the verbiage in a suitable way to reflect that the program details were available on the Internet.

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