Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259142208
Author: CACHON, Gérard, Terwiesch, Christian
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 13, Problem 7CQ
A retailer has two merchandizers, Sue and Bob, who are responsible for setting order quantities for the
- a. Sue because she doesn’t incur the cost of salvaging inventory.
- b. Sue because she must have sold more units than Bob.
- c. Bob because even leftover inventory generates some additional revenue.
- d. Bob because he is probably ordering more than the mean of the demand forecast.
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