Tinker10:08, line to West down. Today: 0 drill presses oversold, 2 refused.North 5/1, East 5/1, West 6/1 · 1 refused · line down
Chapter 7 of 7
Set Larkspur’s stock policy
Everything is on the bench: R, W and the conflict rule, for each product. The line to West will go down again tomorrow morning.
This chapter: Which settings never sell the drill press twice and refuse the fewest orders?
About this chapter
You will learn
- Different data needs different settings
- How to read a morning of orders product by product
- Why more than one setting can be equally good
Words you’ll meet
- Stock policy
- The setting for each product: R, W and the rule for writes that clash.
Step 1 of 2
The line to West goes down again. Never sell the drill press twice; refuse as few orders as you can.
Set the best .
2 refused orders BEST IS 1
Hinges
Hinges are cheap and restocked every day: an oversold hinge is a short backorder, but a refused order is a lost sale.
Drill press
The drill press is the only one: selling it twice is a promise Larkspur cannot keep.
| Product | Sold | Oversold | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinges | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Drill press | 1 | 0 | 1 |
A simulated morning: Larkspur’s own orders and planning numbers, not a measurement of any real database.