... impacts of mismatched supply and demand. At the core of the problem is that it is costly to produce products that do not sell, and costly not to product products that will sell. need to consider the following elements: product pricing; demand uncertainty, and expected demand. All else being equal, you should consider why its preferable to produce less expensive products early. The first step is to evaluate the risk of unit production: devise a way to measure the likelihood that the unit will sell. You will have to construct a demand distribution for each style (mean, standard deviation, assume normal distribution). Second, you'll need to think about a procurement strategy that minimizes the the expected costs of stockouts and markdowns. What factors need to be considered? Lastly, with regard to each product, you'll need to consider the relationship between minimum order quantities versus expected demand (and demand uncertainty). You can operationally ...

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