Shroden is a consumer goods manufacturer. It manufactures cookies, batteries, toothpaste, and soap. In the context of operations management, the goods manufactured by Shroden are its .

inventory

Explanation:

Every item that is produced or purchased by the business in order to resell it and earn profit through it as a normal purpose of business, is considered as inventory.

In the given instance, Shroden manufactures consumer goods, like cookies, batteries, etc:

And since he targets to sell them and earn profit, all these manufactured products is the inventory of his business.

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