Maria Haley manages a fleet of $450$ delivery trucks for Poole Corporation.

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Haley performed the following analysis:

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Requirement $1.$ Which alternative will maximize Poole Corporation's short$-$term operating income?

In order to maximize short$-$term operating income, Poole Corporation should

because the variable cost of outsourcing to FMS results in

of