A firm that invests in an information system because it is a necessity of doing business does so because it is seeking to achieve which of the following business objectives? Improved decision making Survival Customer intimacy Operational excellence Competitive advantage

Improved decision making

Explanation:

The information system in which the firm has invested money will allow it to improve its decision making process because now the information needed to take those decisions will be classified, systematized, sorted by relevance, and so on.

Managers will be able to draw statistical conclusions that will allow them to reduce the "noise", and focus on what is important for the business.

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a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.