King midas manufacturing co. has been utilizing groups to improve their manufacturing process. some of the most successful groups were together for only a few months and others have been together for over a year with little to no success. management has requested your consulting expertise to determine why there were varied successes and failures. your analysis of the system indicates that the reason for the varied results could simply be the development stage of the group. group a has been meeting for one month and is seen as having some difficulty in appointing its leader. at least three individuals are qualified to keep the group's focus on its objectives, but the group is yet to decide which person will lead. group a is at the stage.

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?