What Motivated the Portuguese to Begin Exploration to Find a Water

question 61

Multiple Choice

What motivated the Portuguese to begin exploration to find a water route to India, China, and the East Indies?

• A) To prove that the world was round.
• B) To spread the Protestant faith.
• C) To establish land empires in India and China.
• D) To eliminate the Muslim "middlemen" in the luxury goods trade.
• E) To find markets for Portugal's surplus manufactured goods.

Differentiate between periodic and continuous review policies regarding safety inventory levels.

Comprehend the relationship between safety inventory and desired product availability.

Understand the coefficient of variation as a measure of demand forecast uncertainty.

Grasp the role of lot size in influencing fill rate and cycle service level for a given safety inventory.