In March​ 1963, Ironman was first introduced in issue number 39 of Tales of Suspense. The original price for that issue was 12 cents. By March of 2015​, 52 years​ later, the value of this comic book has risen to ​$11 comma 750. What annual rate of interest would you have earned if you had bought the comic in 1963 and sold it in 2015 ​(52 years​ later)?

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?