Which of the following is not one of the pitfalls of pursuing a differentiation strategy? a. over-emphasizing efforts to strongly differentiate the company's product from those of rivals rather than being content with weak product differentiation b. offering trivial improvements in quality, service, or performance features c. overcharging for the differentiating features adding so many frills and extra features that the product exceeds the needs of buyers d. overspending on efforts to differentiate the company's product offering

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?