Which of the Following Is True of Maintaining Appropriate Inventory

question 293

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of maintaining appropriate inventory levels?

• A) A financial manager's general disposition toward inventory levels is to keep them low.
• B) A marketing manager would like to have low inventories of a firm's finished products.
• C) A manufacturing manager would keep raw materials inventories low for the sake of lower unit production costs.
• D) A purchasing manager prefers lower level of inventories than are actually needed at the time.

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