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Briefly present to the senior management the limitations of using the weighted scoring model
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- a) The demand forecast for Month 6 would be: A. 565 haircuts B. 574 haircuts C. 578 haircuts D. 584 haircuts b) With Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) as the criterion, the best forecasting model for this time series data is: A. Naïve approach B. 2-week Simple Moving Average (SMA) C. Weighted Moving Average (WMA) with weights: 0.5, 0.3, 0.2 D. Exponential Smoothing (ES) with alpha = 0.8Managing forecasting projects involves many of the same management skills as managing other projects. Are there certain characteristics that are more significant than others?Models for forecasting?
- What are the benefits of exponential smoothing over moving average forecasting?Omar has heard from some of his customers that they will probably cut back on order sizes in the next quarter. The company he works for has been reducing its salesforce due to falling demand, and he worries that he could be next if his sales begin to fall off. Believing that he may be able to convince his customers not to cut back on orders, he turns in an optimistic forecast of his next quarter sales to his manager. What are the pros and cons of doing that?Job Evaluation for Managerial Positions The Chairman of the board of directors of Jonadel Corporation has proposed that all managerial positions be included in the corporate job evaluating program. The idea came from several friends in other companies of the Chamber of Commerce and Industries where he is a member of the board of directors. The inclusion of the managerial positions in other company's job evaluation program has been found to be successful and helpful. There are differences in the pay systems based on the job evaluation and these companies and the chairman is convinced that these will work also with the company where the chairman is and has the greatest shares of stocks. tudy. In one of the special meetings of the Board of Directors, he proposed the idea to the chief operating officer. The chief operating officer said that the programs be held in abeyance until he had consulted his line and operating managers who will be affected by the changes due to job evaluation…
- subject: strategic management What are some of the issues and danger in forecasting? Cite examples of its implications to the organizationWhat are some of the most important aspects of creating a balanced scorecard and ensuring its success?Lenovo uses the ZX-81 chip in some of its laptop computers. The prices for the chip during the last 12 months were as follows: Month January February March April May June Price Per Chip $1.90 $1.61 $1.60 $1.85 $1.90 $1.95 Month Mar Apr May Forecast $1.76 1.61 1.73 Month July August Jun 1.88 September October November December This exercise contains only parts a, b, and c. a) Using a 2-month moving average, the forecast for periods 11 and 12 is (round your responses to two decimal places): Price Per Chip $2.00 $1.85 $1.70 $1.55 $1.50 $1.75 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1.93 1.98 1.93 1.78
- Q1: Income at the architectural firm Spraggins and Yunes for the period February to July was as follows: Month February March April May June July 72.8 Income (in $ 70.0 thousand) 68.5 64.5 71.7 71.3 Use trend-adjusted exponential smoothing to forecast the firm's August income. Assume that the initial forecast average for February is $65,000 and the initial trend adjustment is 0. The smoothing constants selected are a = .1 and B =.2.Explain what are some of the most important aspects of creating a balanced scorecard and ensuring its success?Distinguish between Planning and Forecasting. Answer must briefly.