Question

Quantities on hand at the end of one month may not be sufficient to last until the next month's count. If the company has taken this into account in establishing reorder levels, then it is very possible that the company carrying too large an investment in inventory which can be costly.

a. True
b. False

Answer 1

True

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct option is - True

Reason -

When the company is considering the quantities in stock available at the end of the month in duly setting their reorder level that indicates it creates buffer stock in company's account and not following just-in-time model, whereby the quantity being ordered when there is demand for the same.

Hereby the investment cost occurred while maintaining the inventory will be higher as comparison to just-in-time inventory model as the money is blocked in the inventory and it will be recovered only when the inventory being sold.