As a consultant you have been asked to generate a unit demand forecast for a product for year 2017 using exponential smoothing. the actual demand in year 2016 was 750. the forecast demand in year 2016 was 960. using this data and a smoothing constant alpha of 0.3, which of the following is the resulting year 2017 forecast value? a) 1,023 b) 1,120 c) 897 d) 813 e) 766

Your goal is to have $2,000,000. you have a total of $40,000 today. you invest the $40,000 and want to add to it each month. at 10% annual interest, how much do you need to invest each month in order to bring the total up to $2,000,000 30 years from now?

Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the are 250 working days per year.)a) what is the eoq? b) what is the average inventory if the eoq is used? c) what is the optimal number of orders per year? d) what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? e) what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?

The face of a company is often that of the lowest paid employees who meet the customers. select one: true false