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MM's restaurant sells 40 hamburgers daily and requires one bun per hamburger, needing 80 buns for two days due to bi-daily deliveries. With only 25 buns on hand, the restaurant must order 55 additional buns to meet demand. The discussion highlights the importance of timely inventory management, especially given the "just in time" delivery model. Concerns are raised about running out of buns before the next delivery, emphasizing the need for accurate forecasting. The conversation reflects the complexities of inventory management in a restaurant setting.
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MM is a restaurant making hamburgers. Suppose it sells 40 regular hamburgers per day and each hamburger needs 1 regular bun.
Suppose buns are delivered every second day. MM is ready to order. His on-hand balance of regular buns is 25. How many buns should be ordered?

My classmates treat this as a simple primary school question. What do you guys think?
 
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Werg22 said:
10 000.

It's better to buy in bulk.
Oh, behave!

hanson said:
MM is a restaurant making hamburgers. Suppose it sells 40 regular hamburgers per day and each hamburger needs 1 regular bun.
Suppose buns are delivered every second day. MM is ready to order. His on-hand balance of regular buns is 25. How many buns should be ordered?

My classmates treat this as a simple primary school question. What do you guys think?
In today's world we work on "just on time" delivery. Since buns are delivered "every second day", you need enough buns for two days. If you sell 40 hamburgers a day, you will need 80 buns for two days. You already have 25 buns. How many more do you need?
 
HallsofIvy said:
Oh, behave!


In today's world we work on "just on time" delivery. Since buns are delivered "every second day", you need enough buns for two days. If you sell 40 hamburgers a day, you will need 80 buns for two days. You already have 25 buns. How many more do you need?

Yes. But since buns are delivered "every second day", that means I will be running out of buns for tomorrow already (I just have 25 buns only). So...
 
hanson said:
Yes. But since buns are delivered "every second day", that means I will be running out of buns for tomorrow already (I just have 25 buns only). So...
I had assumed the first delivery would be later today or early tomorrow. If you cannot get enough buns for tomorrow, there is NO way of answering this!
 

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