The Materials Manager for a Billiard Ball Maker Must Periodically

question 6

Multiple Choice

The materials manager for a billiard ball maker must periodically place orders for resin, one of the raw materials used in producing billiard balls. She knows that manufacturing uses resin at a rate of 50 kilograms each day, and that it costs $0.04 per day to carry a kilogram of resin in inventory. She also knows that the order costs for resin are $100 per order, and that the lead time for delivery is four days. At what point should resin be reordered?

• A)0 kilograms remaining
• B)50 kilograms remaining
• C)200 kilograms remaining
• D)400 kilograms remaining
• E)500 kilograms remaining

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Definitions:

Assignment

A process by which one party transfers rights, duties, or property to another.

Promissory Note

A financial instrument in which one party promises in writing to pay a determinate sum of money to another, either at a fixed or determinable future time or on demand of the payee.

Payee

A person to whom an instrument is made payable.

Maker's Obligation

The responsibility of the creator of a negotiable instrument to pay the specified amount to the holder of the instrument upon its presentation.