Athletes' Foot sells specialized athletic footwear and accessories.A new inventory control system is being developed and each item in inventory will require a new inventory code.

Information about the product lines carried:

Inventory is separated into two main lines;Footwear and Accessories.Athletes' Foot carries merchandise particular to 21 selected and popular sports.

Footwear

Between 3 and 105 models of shoe are available for each sport covered by Athlete's foot.A particular model of shoe has between 2 and 25 colour combinations, and is available in up to 17 different sizes.

Management requires information for sport, model, colour and size for inventory management.

Accessories

For any given sport, up to three classes of accessories may be carried.The classes are Pro, Advanced and Intermediate.The company has identified as many as 37 accessories groups for each sport, and each accessory group may contain as many as 200 items.

Management requires information about sport line, class, group and item for inventory management.

The inventory control system is capable of dealing with an inventory code up to 11 characters long.If the inventory code is going to be longer than 11 characters, an additional $400,000 in programming costs will be required.

Question 27(5 points)

Develop an inventory code that will meet the requirements of Athletes' Foot.Clearly indicate what each character in your code represents.