Units of Safety Stock Are Additions to the Reorder Point

question 63

True/False

Units of safety stock are additions to the reorder point that allow for variability in the rate of demand, the length of lead time, or both.

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Definitions:

Diminishing Marginal Returns

A principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, cannot increase forever and will eventually decrease.

Marginal Product

The additional output that is produced by adding one more unit of a certain input while holding other inputs constant.

Picture Framer

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Law of Diminishing Returns

An economic principle stating that as investment in a particular area increases, the rate of profit from that investment, after a certain point, will begin to decrease, assuming all other variables are constant.