An Effective Way to Prevent an Unanticipated Shortage of a Supply

question 124

Multiple Choice

An effective way to prevent an unanticipated shortage of a supply item is to ____.

• A) keep the same item in several different locations
• B) request that workers finish one container before opening a new one
• C) reorder the item when the last one is taken for use
• D) educate the workers on how to make supplies last from one order to the next
• E) reorder an item whenever someone requests it, without checking the inventory

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