THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

question 65

Multiple Choice

THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
The table below is the data set of the number of preorders received for a particular game on a weekly basis.
The forecaster uses the Holt-Winters Exponential Smoothing for nonseasonal series to forecast the number of preorders in future time periods.
He uses α = 0.8 and β = 0.5.(Hint: Use the formula from the text to arrive at the answers. )

-Compute the approximate forecast for week 12.

• A)696 units
• B)767 units
• C)672 units
• D)453 units

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Definitions:

Work in Process Inventory

Goods partially completed in manufacturing but not yet ready for sale, reported as a current asset.

Manufacturing Overhead Applied

The allocation of manufacturing overhead costs to units of product based on a predetermined rate or base.

Overhead Applied

The allocation of indirect costs to produced goods or services based on predetermined rates.

Work in Process Inventory

Refers to the unfinished goods in a manufacturing process that are not yet completed but are in the stage of being turned into finished products.