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Argosy University/ Phoniex University/
Nov-2005 - Oct-2011
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Phoniex University
Oct-2001 - Nov-2016
FortÃn Inc. manufactures touch screen computers for a niche market. A prior study shows that the product would be outdated by the end of June 2015, due the rapid changes in the product’s industry.FortÃn has produced enough to satisfy the demand until the end of May 2015, just in case that saledidn’tmeet expectations. After reviewing sales [and at marketing request], the administration was considering to manufacture enough computers to satisfy June’s demand.Due to prior commitments, the company could not manufacture more than 820 computers. If the computer’s demand were as shown below, andconsidering using a moving average of n=3, a simple exponential smoothingwith a=0.35 or a linear regression
model to forecast January 2017 and February 2017 demands, ¿should the company commit to this initiative? Explain all decisions made. (Note: First plot the data to determine if there is any seasonality.)
Quarter Sales
January 16 990 February 16 970 March 16 940 April 16 890 May 16 1050 June 16 920 July 16 1020 August 16 1030 September 16 1100 October 16 1010 November 16 1090 December 16 1080
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