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Inventory Management MCQ

Short-sea shipping is widely accepted and practiced in ____.

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Correct Answer: Asia

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The retailer can _____ to liquidate markdown merchandise.

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Correct Answer: Sell merchandise over an online auction

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Experts advise that bad news for employees should be delivered __________ whenever possible.

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Correct Answer: In person

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____________ is an example of a retailer whose merchandise mix is both wide and deep?

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Correct Answer: Amazon

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When it comes to right-of-way, ""first in, first out"" means _____.

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Correct Answer: Yield to any road users who arrived before you

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Focal points that are added to center-aisle locations are known as _______.

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Correct Answer: Micro-merchandising

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A closeness desirability rating is used in which type of layout?

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Correct Answer: Office layout

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This type of layout enables high-volume output while making standardized products:

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Correct Answer: Product-focused layout

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Machine shop layouts are examples of which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Process-focused layouts

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Assembly line layouts are examples of which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Product-focused layouts

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Cellular layouts are an example of which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Group technology layouts

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_______ is a programmable machine capable of storing machining steps for repetitively manufactured parts.

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Correct Answer: A computer numerically controlled machine (CNC)

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_______ is used to manage the entire product design system including planning, scheduling, and decision-making.

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Correct Answer: Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)

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The use of a computer graphics applications in product design is called _______.

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Correct Answer: Computer aided design (CAD)

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When discussing the TOC, the term _______ represents the work center that sets the pace for the entire facility.

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Correct Answer: Drum

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When discussing the TOC, _______ refers to the control or scheduling of work releases to the facility.

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Correct Answer: Rope

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What is another term used to describe material flow mapping?

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Understanding the correct symbol to use to represent an action or activity in material flow mapping is essential. Which symbol is used to indicate a delay or storage?

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Correct Answer: Triangle

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Understanding the correct symbol to use to represent an action or activity in material flow mapping is essential. Which symbol is used to indicate the start or end of a process?

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Correct Answer: Rounded rectangle

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Understanding the correct symbol to use to represent an action or activity in material flow mapping is essential. Which symbol is used to indicate information flow?

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Correct Answer: Dashed arrow

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Work-in-Process is an item in some intermediate stage of processing by

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Correct Answer: The firm .

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These inventories are owned by the firm and are in-transit either in-bound to the firm or out-bound to the firm’s customers is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Transportation Inventories

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The sum of the annual inventory carrying costs, order costs, stockout costs, and purchase costs is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Total Annual Inventory Costs

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Target Inventory Level is the order-up-to level when using the periodic review model .

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Correct Answer: True

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Stockout Costs is encountered when the _______ for items cannot be met

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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Service Level is the ______ of time the firm does not want to stockout during the order lead time period.

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Correct Answer: Percentage

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Safety Stocks are held to satisfy demand when delivery or production problems occur, or when demand is higher than expected .

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Correct Answer: True

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Robust model refers to the flatness of the ________ curve, which means the EOQ model can be used in a variety of situations.

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Correct Answer: Total inventory cost

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The inventory on-hand needed to satisfy demand during the order lead time period is known as _____ .

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Correct Answer: Reorder Point

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Quantity Discount Model used when the purchase price is allowed to vary—for instance, when quantity discounts are offered by a supplier Raw Materials.

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Correct Answer: True

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The actual cost of the items bought from suppliers is known as ______

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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The actual cost of the items bought from suppliers is known as ______

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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Which model assumes the purchase lead time to be constant; however, the time between orders would vary ?

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Correct Answer: Probabilistic Demand Reorder Point Model

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EOQ stands for _____ .

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Correct Answer: Economic order quantity

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Periodic review model requires ________ stock levels than the reorder point models.

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Correct Answer: Higher safety

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The time from order receipt to delivery to the customer is known as _______

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Correct Answer: Order Lead Time

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The administrative costs associated with purchasing items is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Order Costs

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Optimal review period used for the periodic review model.

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Correct Answer: True

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Maintenance, repair, and operating supplies is defined as purchased items consumed in-house or used to support _______ .

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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________ measures of how well companies are creating good customer service while keeping inventories low.

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Correct Answer: Inventory Management Performance

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Inventory Days of Supply is an inventory performance measure that tells management how long inventory is held before it is sold.

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Correct Answer: True

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The costs associated with storing inventories is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Inventory Carrying Costs

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Independent Demand is the external demand for a firm’s finished products

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Correct Answer: True

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Hedge inventories used when companies stockpile inventories to protect against ______ or supply shortages

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Correct Answer: Price increases

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Finished Goods completed products ready for delivery to ______ .

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Correct Answer: Customers

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The order quantity that will minimize the sum of the annual inventory holding cost and the annual order cost is known as ______ .

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Correct Answer: Economic Order Quantity

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Dependent demand required to build end-items and are dependent on the ________ of the finished product .

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Correct Answer: External demand

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An inventory performance measure that indicates the average number of days it takes a company to collect is known as _____ .

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Correct Answer: Days of Receivables Outstanding

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Days Payable Outstanding measure that tells about how long it takes a company to pay its creditors, such as suppliers .

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Correct Answer: True

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Cycle Inventories created when the firm _______ a quantity large enough to last until the next purchase or production period.

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Correct Answer: Both a & b

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Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time indicating how ______ is tied up in the main cash- producing and cash- consuming area .

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Correct Answer: Long cash

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Forecasts of demand combined with additions of safety stock that tend to amplify purchases from suppliers is known as _______ .

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Correct Answer: Bullwhip Effect

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Anticipation Inventories can be met ______ of expected high demand

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Correct Answer: During periods

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ABC Inventory Classification is an approach used to help companies manage their independent demand inventories.

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Correct Answer: True

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Transportation inventories transit in containers or trucks (also known as pipeline inventories)

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Correct Answer: True

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Single-echelon inventory systems

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Correct Answer: Stock-out costs

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In Smoothing inventories inventories held to smooth out fluctuations in production

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Correct Answer: True

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_______ is the System Ordering the entire inventory of a product at one time and it is not replenished

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Correct Answer: Single-period system

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______ is a system in which each supply chain partner sequentially forecasts demand that invariably leads to the bullwhip effect

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Correct Answer: Single-echelon inventory systems

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Setup costs the costs of setting up the machines or changing over production from one item to another

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Correct Answer: True

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RFID stands for

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Correct Answer: Radio frequency identification

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Money paid to an upstream supplier for materials or goods purchased Is known as

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Correct Answer: Purchase costs

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Portfolio planning is a channel alignment strategy in which a company signs _______ with one or two suppliers

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Correct Answer: Long-term contracts

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_______ determining the real quantity of inventory that is physically available on a periodic basis

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Correct Answer: Physical count

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A system in which inventory is physically counted periodically and all reordering takes place at these intervals is known as

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Correct Answer: Periodic review systems

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______ administrative costs related to determining an order quantity, preparing purchase invoices, inspecting goods received for quality and quantity, and moving goods for temporary storage

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Correct Answer: Ordering costs

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Order fulfillment lead time is the the average time it takes from the submission of a customer’s purchase order until the company delivers the order

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Correct Answer: Order fulfillment lead time

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A system in which optimum levels of inventory are determined and updated continuously across the supply chain network based on the demand variability is known as

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Correct Answer: Multi-echelon inventory systems

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Lost sales occur when a customer doesn’t buy an item if that item is not in stock

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Correct Answer: True

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________ measure of how frequently a business sells its inventory in a given time period

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Correct Answer: Inventory turnover

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Holding costs associated with holding (carrying) inventory

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Correct Answer: True

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Which type of inventory is purchased in advance to guard against uncertainties in pricing?

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Correct Answer: Hedge inventory

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The percentage of customer orders that can be satisfied from inventory in stock is known as

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Correct Answer: Fill rate

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_______ is a process whereby an upstream supply chain member such as a manufacturer sells directly to the final consumer

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Correct Answer: Disintermediation

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Decoupling is a function that enables production to _____ while the production problem at a given process stage is resolved

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Correct Answer: Continue temporarily

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Define Days of inventory in stock.

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Correct Answer: The number of days of inventory a firm has on hand to meet its sales

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The inventory that a company carries to satisfy its normal cycle of sales orders or production requirements is known as

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Correct Answer: Cycle stock

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Counting a random sample or subset of inventory in stock in a particular location on a specific day. This statement is correct for

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Correct Answer: Cycle counting

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______ a system in which inventory levels of every item in stock, including its quantity and availability, are monitored and updated continuously

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Correct Answer: Continuous review systems

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A specific set of professional behaviors and values including confidentiality, accuracy,that all company employees must know and strictly is known as

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Correct Answer: Code of ethics

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Why in Bullwhip effect supply chain in close proximity to the consumer (such as a retailer) to order more goods from the immediate upstream supplier to

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Correct Answer: Meet the demand

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Anticipation inventory is a customer order a company was unable to meet because the item demanded was not in stock

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Correct Answer: True

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Inventory held in excess of a firm’s cycle stock to meet the expected increase in demand is known as

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Correct Answer: Anticipation inventory

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Activity-based costing is a system that accounts for inventory cost and enables companies to recognize the excessive costs

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Correct Answer: True

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________ sort items into A, B, and C categories according to criteria such as their unit costs, value, or the annual revenue they generate for a firm

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Correct Answer: ABC classification method

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