A business introduces e-purchasing and is able to process the same number of orders with lesser buyers. As a result of this: purchase quantity should be reduced inventory holding cost must be reduced purchase lead time should be reduced inventory pooling must be initiated

When input costs increase O the supply curve shifts to the right the supply curve shifts to the left O there is a movement down along an existing supply curve there is a movement up along an existing supply curve

A manufacturer of hospital supplies has a uniform annual demand for 80,000 boxes of bandages. It costs ​$20 to store one box of bandages for one year and $320 to set up the plant for production. How many times a year should the company produce boxes of bandages in order to minimize the total storage and setup​ costs?       Question content area bottom Part 1 The company should produce boxes of bandages enter your response here ​time(s) a year.

The periodic inventory system O A. works well for businesses in which the inventory is large in size or dollar amount O B. involves the use of inventory costing methods O C. is more difficult to maintain than a perpetual inventory system O D. cannot be used with a specific identification costing method