TABLE 16-11 The Manager of a Health Club Has Recorded Mean Attendance

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TABLE 16-11
The manager of a health club has recorded mean attendance in newly introduced step classes over the last 15 months: 32.1, 39.5, 40.3, 46.0, 65.2, 73.1, 83.7, 106.8, 118.0, 133.1, 163.3, 182.8, 205.6, 249.1, and 263.5. She then used Microsoft Excel to obtain the following partial output for both a first- and second-order autoregressive model.
-Referring to Table 16-11, using the first-order model, the forecast of mean attendance for month 17 is ________.

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Carrying Cost

The total cost of holding inventory, which includes storage, insurance, depreciation, spoilage, and opportunity cost.

Fixed Cost

Costs that do not change with the volume of production or level of activity within a certain range.

Economic Order Quantity

A formula used to determine the optimal order size that minimizes the total holding costs and ordering costs in inventory management.

Variable Cost

Costs that vary directly with the level of production or volume of output.