The group of runners that finished behind Usain Bolt was closely bunched and were said to have competitive parity. Burger King and Wendy’s have a similar market share in the 5% range. Which of the following likely underlies the comparative parity of these firms?

a. They both target a similar customer base.
b. Their drive-through performance is poor.
c. They both compete against McDonald's.
d. They are primarily focused on hamburgers.
e. They have similar strategic resources and strategies

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?