Catalogue companies are committed to selling at the prices printed in their catalogues. if a catalogue company finds its inventory of sweaters rising, what does that tell you about the demand for sweaters? was it unexpectedly high, unexpectedly low, or as expected? if the company could change the price of sweaters, would it raise the price, lower the price, or keep the price the same? given that the company cannot change the price of sweaters, consider the number of sweaters it orders each month from the company that makes its sweaters. if inventories become very high, will the catalogue company increase, decrease, or keep orders the same? given what the catalogue company does with its orders, what is likely to happen to employment and output at the sweater manufacturer? give reasons justifying your answers.

Galwaysc electronics makes two products. model a requires component a and component c. model b requires component b and component c. new versions of both models are released each year with updated versions of all components. all components are sourced overseas, and abc contracts annually for a quantity of each component before seeing that year’s demand. components are only assembled into finished products once demand for each model is known. for the coming year, alwaysc’s purchasing manner has proposed ordering 500,000 units of component a, 630,000 of component b, and 1,000,000 units of component c. her boss has asked why she has recommended purchasing so much of components a and b when alwaysc will not have enough of component c to fully use all of the inventory of a and b. what factors might the purchasing manager cite to explain her recommended order? explain your reasoning.