Suppose nike's managers were considering expanding into producing sports beverages. why might the company decide to do this under the nike brand name? the cost of producing sports beverages under a new brand is less than producing the sports beverages under the nike brand, given the current products being produced by nike. the cost of producing sports beverages under a new brand is greater than producing the sports beverages under the nike brand, given the current products being produced by nike.

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?