Recall the Application About the Decrease in the Price of Wool

question 138

Multiple Choice

Recall the Application about the decrease in the price of wool in the 1990s to answer the following question(s) . In the 1990s, the world price of wool decreased by about 30 percent and prices have remained relatively low since then. In 2012, an organization in New Zealand proposed that sheep shearing be added to the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics as a spectator sport in an effort to increase the awareness and the demand for wool.
-Recall the Application. If the organization in New Zealand was successful in getting the Olympics to include sheep shearing as a spectator sport, and this helped to raise the world price of wool, the quantity of wool supplied would ________ because the market supply curve for wool is ________ sloped.

• A) increase; positively
• B) increase; negatively
• C) decrease; positively
• D) decrease; negatively

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Definitions:

Materials Handling

The movement, protection, storage, and control of materials and products throughout manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, consumption, and disposal.

Pull Systems

A method of inventory control in which production is based on customer demand rather than forecasted demand, thereby reducing waste in the system.

Inventory Levels

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Total Logistics Costs

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