Webster corporation's monthly projected general and administrative expenses include $5,000 administrative salaries, $2,400 of other cash administrative expenses, $1,350 of depreciation expense on the administrative equipment, and 0.5% monthly interest on an outstanding bank loan of $10,000. compute the total general and administrative expenses to be reported on the general and administrative expense budget per month.

Haley photocopying purchases a paper from an out-of-state vendor. average weekly demand for paper is 150 cartons per week for which haley pays $15 per carton. in bound shipments from the vendor average 1000 cartoons with an average lead time of 3 weeks. haley operates 52 weeks per year; it carries a 4-week supply of inventory as safety stock and no anticipation inventory. the vendor has recently announced that they will be building a faculty near haley photocopying that will reduce lead time to one week. further, they will be able to reduce shipments to 200 cartons. haley believes that they will be able to reduce safety stock to a 1-week supply. what impact will these changes make to haley’s average inventory level and its average aggregated inventory value?