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Supply Chain Management, 5e (Chopra/Meindl) Chapter 13 Determining the Optimal Level of Product Availability 13.1 True/False Questions 1) The level of product availability is also referred to as the customer service level. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Topic: 13.1 The Importance of the Level of Product Availability AACSB: Analytic Skills Learning Outcome: Compare common approaches to supply chain design 2) A supply chain can use a high level of product availability to improve its responsiveness and attract customers. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Topic: 13.1 The Importance of the Level of Product Availability Learning Outcome: Compare common approaches to supply chain design 3) A high level of product availability requires less inventory, which will keep costs down for the supply chain. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Topic: 13.1 The Importance of the Level of Product Availability AACSB: Analytic Skills Learning Outcome: Compare common approaches to supply chain design 4) A supply chain needs to achieve a balance between the level of availability and the cost of inventory that maximizes supply chain revenues. Answer: FALSE Diff: 3 Topic: 13.1 The Importance of the Level of Product Availability AACSB: Analytic Skills Learning Outcome: Compare common approaches to supply chain design 5) Whether the optimal level of availability is high or low depends on where a particular company believes they can maximize profits. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Topic: 13.1 The Importance of the Level of Product Availability Learning Outcome: Compare common approaches to supply chain design 13-1 Copyright ? 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall 6) The cost of overselling is denoted byCo and is the loss incurred by a firm for each unsold unit at the end of the selling season. Answer: FA