• Read the Case study in Chapter 9 (page 374) titled "Inventory Management at Crayola." Then discuss the following questions in your response:

  1. Consider the pressures for small vs. large inventories. Which situation does Crayola seem to fit, and why?
  2. Explain how both independent and dependent demand items are present at Crayola.
  3. The Marker Maker product recently experienced an unexpected surge in demand and the supply chains agility was credited with helping to meet the crisis. We have discussed four ways to classify operational inventories by how they are created. Regarding the ways managers can use these inventories to satisfy demand, explain how Crayola can achieve the flexibility to adjust to unexpected demand surges.