A Company Wants to Generate a Forecast for Unit Demand

question 63

Multiple Choice

A company wants to generate a forecast for unit demand for year 2014 2017 using exponential smoothing.The actual demand in year 2013 2016 was 120.The forecast demand in year 2013 2016 was 110.Using these data and a smoothing constant alpha of 0.1, which of the following is the resulting year 2014 2017 forecast value?

• A)100
• B)110
• C)111
• D)114
• E)120

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Definitions:

Average Total Costs

The total cost of production divided by the number of units produced, representing the per-unit production cost.

Marginal Costs

The charge for generating one more unit of a product or service.

Average Fixed Costs

The total fixed costs of production divided by the quantity of output produced, indicating how fixed costs change with different levels of production.

Marginal Costs

The increase in total cost that arises from an extra unit of production.