A manager of a local grocery store wants to anticipate the sales of Pepsi-Cola for the following month, so that she can prepare enough inventory to meet the demand. She predicts that the demand for the Pepsi-Cola will follow a normal distribution, and the average monthly demand will be 300 with standard deviation of 60. (a) How many Pepsi-Cola should be ordered to satisfy a 95% expected fill rate?
(b) What is the quantity should be ordered to achieve a 95% in-stock probability?
(c) Even though the percentages for the expected fill rate and in-stock probability are the same, the order quantities differ. In a few sentences, explain the reason behind this difference.

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum. should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?