When shopping for your interview clothes, some trade-offs you face include: whether to get a job or not. choosing one brand of clothing over another. choosing one type of clothing over another. time and money that could be used on other things. The opportunity cost of buying new clothes is: time off from watching TV. the choice of what to wear. the choice of where to shop. money that could be spend elsewhere. The benefit of buying new clothes is: feeling better and having more confidence. learning about clothing options. being able to discard old clothes. finding the right sized clothing.

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?