If S Indicates the Number of Backorders That Have Accumulated

question 56

Multiple Choice

If S indicates the number of backorders that have accumulated by the time a new shipment of size Q is received,and we ship existing backorders to our customers and place the remaining units in inventory,then __________ is the maximum inventory we subsequently have on hand.

• A)Q
• B)Q − S
• C)S
• D)(Q − S)/2

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