Operations and Supply Chain Management 14th Edition by Robert Jacobs,Richard Chase

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We are being evaluated based on the percentage of total demand met in a year (not the probability of stocking out as used in the chapter). Consider an item that we are managing using a fixed-order quantity model with safety stock. We decide to double the order quantity but leave the reorder point the same. Would you expect the percent of total demand met next year to go up or down? Why?