Scenario 9.5 Tom Bergman, Owner and Operator of the Earplug Superstore, Is

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Multiple Choice

Scenario 9.5
Tom Bergman, owner and operator of the Earplug Superstore, is reviewing the costs associated with the store's best-selling hearing aid, the BZ15. The data available to Dr. Bergman concerning this device follow.
Demand = 25 units/week
Order cost = $3/order
Holding cost = $1.50/unit/year
The Earplug Superstore operates 52 weeks a year.
-A neighborhood sportswear store sells a pair of Victoria sneakers for $40. Due to the recent fitness craze, these shoes are in high demand: 50 pairs of shoes are sold per week. The ordering cost is $20 per order, and the annual holding cost is 20% of the selling price. If the store operates 52 weeks a year, what can you say about the current lot size of 235?

• A) too large
• B) too small
• C) just right
• D) cannot tell from the information given

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Definitions:

Learning

A process that induces changes in knowledge, behaviors, or attitudes through experience, practice, or study.

Relatively Permanent

A term often used in psychology to describe changes or effects that endure over time, although not necessarily without the possibility of change.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning method where the continuous association of two stimuli results in a response initially provoked by the second stimulus becoming evoked by the sole presentation of the first stimulus.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist best known for his work in classical conditioning, demonstrating the learning process through the Pavlov's dogs experiment.