Use the Following to Answer the Questions Below

question 29

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.The net impact on the retailer will be:

• A)no net change in average cycle and pipeline inventories.
• B)a net average increase in cycle and pipeline inventories of 50 units.
• C)a net average decrease in cycle and pipeline inventories of 75 units.
• D)a net average decrease in cycle and pipeline inventories of 50 units.

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