Table 14.13 The Manager of a Pizza Shop Must Forecast Weekly Demand

question 158

Multiple Choice

Table 14.13
The manager of a pizza shop must forecast weekly demand for special pizzas so that he can order pizza shells weekly.Recent demand has been:

-Use the information from Table 14.13.If a three-week weighted moving average were used,what would be the forecast for week 7? (The weights are 0.60,0.30,and 0.10 with 0.60 applied to the most recent period and 0.10 applied to the oldest period. )

• A)38.1 pizzas
• B)40.1 pizzas
• C)42.0 pizzas
• D)44.0 pizzas

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