How would you assess the given proposal from marketing

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As the operations manager for Valley Kayaks (as described in the previous problem), you find yourself faced with an interesting situation. Marketing has informed you that they have lost a number of sales because of a lack of inventory. Kayaks, being sea- sonal in nature, have to be in stock at your dealers if they are to be sold (customers are not willing to wait). The director of marketing proposes that you increase inventories by 25 percent (a major investment to you). She has also given the information in the following table (top next page). How would you assess this proposal from marketing? Would the projected change in ROA justify the inventory investment?

Category	Current Values	Proposed Impact of Inventory Increase
Sales	$2,000,000	25% 1 (improvement)
Cost of goods sold	$1,500,000	0%
Variable expenses	$ 300,000	10% 2 reduction (why?)
Fixed expenses	$ 100,000	15% 1 (increase)
Inventory	$ 300,000	25% 1
Accounts receivable	$ 100,000	0%
Other current assets	$ 500,000	0%
Fixed assets	$ 400,000	0%

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