Table 8.8 The Manager of a Pizza Shop Must Forecast Weekly Demand

question 82

Multiple Choice

Table 8.8
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 8.8.The pizza shop manager believes that a combination forecast might improve her ability to predict future demand,and thus improve keeping fresh ingredients on hand.She decides to use the 3-week simple moving average and 3-week weighted moving average,giving them equal weight.What is her forecast for week #7?

• A)38.05 pizzas
• B)39.5 pizzas
• C)38.5 pizzas
• D)37.55 pizzas

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