Ivanhoe, Inc. received the following information from its pension plan trustee concerning the operation of the company's defined-benefit pension plan for the year ended December 31, 2021. 1/1/21 12/31/21 Accumulated benefit obligation 3600000 1660000 Net (gains) and losses $ 6670000 $ 148000 Projected benefit obligation 1450000 6855000 Pension assets (at fair value) 0 4036000 The service cost component of pension expense for 2021 is $523000 and the amortization of prior service cost due to an increase in benefits is $113000. The settlement rate is 11% and the expected rate of return is 7%. What is the amount of pension expense for 2021

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?