Alyssa owns Carver Gifts,a handmade greeting cards store.She is projecting that the economy will rebound this fall.She ordered additional holiday gift merchandise in February in anticipation of possible surge in sales during the holiday season.In this case,which of the following methods is Alyssa using to be sure she has enough gifts for those extra holiday customers?

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Alyssa is using buffering to ensure she has enough gifts for the holiday season. Buffering involves storing inventory in advance to protect against unexpected demand or supply chain disruptions. By ordering additional holiday gift merchandise in advance, Alyssa is creating a buffer to ensure she has enough inventory to meet potential customer demand during the holiday season. Just-in-time inventory management involves ordering inventory only when it is needed to minimize inventory holding costs, smoothing involves balancing production to avoid both overproduction and underproduction, benchmarking involves comparing one's own performance against industry standards, and diversification involves expanding one's product or service offerings to reduce dependency on a single product or market. None of these methods are directly applicable to Alyssa's situation of ordering additional inventory to meet potential holiday demand.

Alyssa Owns Carver Gifts,a Handmade Greeting Cards Store