2. “Nothing Runs Like a Deere,” goes the old John Deere slogan, and the company is still running. Deere & Company now produces consumer products as well as farm equipment—

lawnmowers, snowblowers, chainsaws, trimmers, gas generators, and the like.

Visit the company’s Web site, and browse through it to learn what you can about its products, services, and facilities. Then create a chart showing ways in which you think the company’s inventory increases costs and ways in which you think it may decrease some costs. (Use the topics discussed in the chapter, such as cost of storage space and setup costs.)