Use the Following to Answer the Questions Below

question 28

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the questions below.
Shipments of Product A from a distribution center to a retailer are made in lots of 350.The retailer's average demand for A is 75 units per week.Lead time from distributor to retailer is 3 weeks.The retailer pays for the shipments when they leave the distributor.The distributor has agreed to reduce the lead time to 2 weeks if the retailer will purchase quantities of 400 per shipment instead of 350.
-Refer to the instruction above.With the change in purchased quantities,the average cycle inventory will:

• A)decrease by 75 units.
• B)increase by 50 units.
• C)decrease by 25 units.
• D)increase by 25 units.

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Project Analysis

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