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Think of a company with high carrying costs. What do the carrying costs include? What can the company do to decrease some of the costs?

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Manufacturing companies generally have very high carrying costs, due to the large amount of inventory the company carries. The carrying costs include all costs necessary to maintain the inventory, such as the costs of moving the inventory within the warehouse, the cost of stocking the inventory, the rent and utility ...

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