For Manufacturers, Strategies to Eliminate Product Stock-Outs or Minimize Their

For manufacturers, strategies to eliminate product stock-outs or minimize their potential adverse effects, would include all of the following except:

A) Frequent monitoring of stock levels in the retail stores.
B) Supplying retailers with multiple sizes and varieties of manufacturer's brand(s) .
C) Increase safety stocks to high levels for products that could possibly go out-of-stock.
D) Direct store delivery should be made of some products, such as sale and other promotional items.
E) Expedited transportation should be used when product stock-outs are expected to last more than one day.