The greater the desired customer service level is, the more warehouses the company may need to have, but the tradeoff is maintaining a higher inventory level The greater the desired customer service level is, the more warehouses the company may need to have, but the tradeoff is maintaining a higher inventory level True False

The purchasing agent for a company that assembles and sells air-conditioning equipment in a latin american country noted that the cost of compressors has increased significantly each time they have been reordered. the company uses an eoq model to determine order size. what are the implications of this price escalation with respect to order size? what factors other than price must be taken into consideration?