Successful Companies examine the future outcome using previous evidence."Does RMG in Bangladesh employ this forecasting technique in order for their business to continue?
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- Scenario 4 Sharon Gillespie, a new buyer at Visionex, Inc., was reviewing quotations for a tooling contract submitted by four suppliers. She was evaluating the quotes based on price, target quality levels, and delivery lead time promises. As she was working, her manager, Dave Cox, entered her office. He asked how everything was progressing and if she needed any help. She mentioned she was reviewing quotations from suppliers for a tooling contract. Dave asked who the interested suppliers were and if she had made a decision. Sharon indicated that one supplier, Apex, appeared to fit exactly the requirements Visionex had specified in the proposal. Dave told her to keep up the good work. Later that day Dave again visited Sharons office. He stated that he had done some research on the suppliers and felt that another supplier, Micron, appeared to have the best track record with Visionex. He pointed out that Sharons first choice was a new supplier to Visionex and there was some risk involved with that choice. Dave indicated that it would please him greatly if she selected Micron for the contract. The next day Sharon was having lunch with another buyer, Mark Smith. She mentioned the conversation with Dave and said she honestly felt that Apex was the best choice. When Mark asked Sharon who Dave preferred, she answered, Micron. At that point Mark rolled his eyes and shook his head. Sharon asked what the body language was all about. Mark replied, Look, I know youre new but you should know this. I heard last week that Daves brother-in-law is a new part owner of Micron. I was wondering how soon it would be before he started steering business to that company. He is not the straightest character. Sharon was shocked. After a few moments, she announced that her original choice was still the best selection. At that point Mark reminded Sharon that she was replacing a terminated buyer who did not go along with one of Daves previous preferred suppliers. Ethical decisions that affect a buyers ethical perspective usually involve the organizational environment, cultural environment, personal environment, and industry environment. Analyze this scenario using these four variables.Scenario 4 Sharon Gillespie, a new buyer at Visionex, Inc., was reviewing quotations for a tooling contract submitted by four suppliers. She was evaluating the quotes based on price, target quality levels, and delivery lead time promises. As she was working, her manager, Dave Cox, entered her office. He asked how everything was progressing and if she needed any help. She mentioned she was reviewing quotations from suppliers for a tooling contract. Dave asked who the interested suppliers were and if she had made a decision. Sharon indicated that one supplier, Apex, appeared to fit exactly the requirements Visionex had specified in the proposal. Dave told her to keep up the good work. Later that day Dave again visited Sharons office. He stated that he had done some research on the suppliers and felt that another supplier, Micron, appeared to have the best track record with Visionex. He pointed out that Sharons first choice was a new supplier to Visionex and there was some risk involved with that choice. Dave indicated that it would please him greatly if she selected Micron for the contract. The next day Sharon was having lunch with another buyer, Mark Smith. She mentioned the conversation with Dave and said she honestly felt that Apex was the best choice. When Mark asked Sharon who Dave preferred, she answered, Micron. At that point Mark rolled his eyes and shook his head. Sharon asked what the body language was all about. Mark replied, Look, I know youre new but you should know this. I heard last week that Daves brother-in-law is a new part owner of Micron. I was wondering how soon it would be before he started steering business to that company. He is not the straightest character. Sharon was shocked. After a few moments, she announced that her original choice was still the best selection. At that point Mark reminded Sharon that she was replacing a terminated buyer who did not go along with one of Daves previous preferred suppliers. What should Sharon do in this situation?Scenario 4 Sharon Gillespie, a new buyer at Visionex, Inc., was reviewing quotations for a tooling contract submitted by four suppliers. She was evaluating the quotes based on price, target quality levels, and delivery lead time promises. As she was working, her manager, Dave Cox, entered her office. He asked how everything was progressing and if she needed any help. She mentioned she was reviewing quotations from suppliers for a tooling contract. Dave asked who the interested suppliers were and if she had made a decision. Sharon indicated that one supplier, Apex, appeared to fit exactly the requirements Visionex had specified in the proposal. Dave told her to keep up the good work. Later that day Dave again visited Sharons office. He stated that he had done some research on the suppliers and felt that another supplier, Micron, appeared to have the best track record with Visionex. He pointed out that Sharons first choice was a new supplier to Visionex and there was some risk involved with that choice. Dave indicated that it would please him greatly if she selected Micron for the contract. The next day Sharon was having lunch with another buyer, Mark Smith. She mentioned the conversation with Dave and said she honestly felt that Apex was the best choice. When Mark asked Sharon who Dave preferred, she answered, Micron. At that point Mark rolled his eyes and shook his head. Sharon asked what the body language was all about. Mark replied, Look, I know youre new but you should know this. I heard last week that Daves brother-in-law is a new part owner of Micron. I was wondering how soon it would be before he started steering business to that company. He is not the straightest character. Sharon was shocked. After a few moments, she announced that her original choice was still the best selection. At that point Mark reminded Sharon that she was replacing a terminated buyer who did not go along with one of Daves previous preferred suppliers. What does the Institute of Supply Management code of ethics say about financial conflicts of interest?
- Question 1. Question : (TCOs 6 and 8) What is the approximate forecast for July using a 40-month moving average if the historical demand is as follows: January is 35, February is 36, March is 40, April is 43, May is 48, and June is 49? 38 45 42 43 39 Question 4. Question : (TCO 8) Given an alpha factor of 0.4, a current demand for April of 5,500 units, and a March forecast of 4,900 units, calculate the May forecast. 4,000 6,050 5,080 4,520 5,140 Question 6. Question : (TCOs 5 and12) With a demand during lead time of 130, a safety stock of 20, and a container size of 30, how many kanbans (containers) would be needed? 6 5 8 10 16 Question 8. Question : (TCOs 6 and 8) In the process of using seasonal indices for forecasting, the first step that is taken is compute the average demand over all months. estimate next yearâs total annual demand. divide the estimate of total annual demand by the number of seasons. find the average historical demand each…Question 2Chad and James are two veteran sales executives who have been working for a well-established car distributor selling new cars. About six years ago, believing that there were good prospects in starting a business in selling used cars, both gentlemen left their employment to venture out.Since the beginning of their company, sales had been quite positive, but the owners now wanted to know more about future sales using an appropriate forecasting method. For a start, they wanted to focus on the quarterly sales of a popular brand of used cars.The sales figures over the last five years were used for the forecast. They are presented in the table below. (c) Explain why forecasting, despite its usefulness or sophistication, should only be considered a useful tool for decision making in any business. What are other factors that need to be considered? (d) The business of selling cars in Singapore, like many businesses, is subject to uncertainties.Discuss three (3) external factors,…Question #2 Month Demand 1 45 2 48 3 43 4 48 5 49 6 54 7 47 8 50 9 46 10 47 Using the table above, calculate two forecasts using the following method:- First, for periods 4 through 10, develop the exponentially smoothed forecasts using a forecast for period 3 (F3) of 45.0 and an alpha of 0.4. ii. Calculate the weighted moving average for periods 4 through 10, using weights of .70, .20, and .10, with 0.70 applied to the most recent data. iii. Calculate the mean absolute deviation (MAD) for each forecasting procedure. Which forecasting procedure would you select? Why?
- Question 18 A tire company needs a forecast for studded tires in the next forecast period. The company typically uses an exponential smoothing forecast using a smoothing constant of alpha = 0.20. The demand for the most recent period was 100 and the forecast for the same period was 110. Based on this information, what is the tire company's forecast for the next period? Group of answer choices a. 100 tires b. 102 tires c. 108 tires d. 110 tires e. Impossible to determineQuestions: 1. What are some of the potential benefits of a more formalized approach to forecasting? 2. Prepare a weekly forecast for the next four weeks for each product. Briefly explain why you chose the methods you used. (Hint for product 2, a simple approach, possibly some sort of naive/intuitive approach, would be preferable to a technical approach in view of the manager's disdain of more technical methods).QUESTION 1The table below shows the sales figures for a brand of shoe over the last 12 months.Months SalesJanuary 69February 75March 86April 92May 95June 100July 108August 115September 125October 131November 140December 150a. Using the following, forecast the sales for the months up to January the following year:-i. A simple three month moving average. ii. A three period weighted moving average using weights of 1, 2 and 3. Assign thehighest weight to the most recent data. iii. Exponential Smoothing when α= .6 and the forecast for March is 350.iv. Determine which of the three forecasting technique is the most accurate usingMAD. b. The following table shows the number of televisions sold over the last ten years at alocal electronic store.YEAR TV SALES1 1502 3003 4804 6005 6306 6407 7008 8259 90010 980i. Using trend projection, develop a formula to predict sales for years 11 and 12. Youhave to show all working. You will need to develop a table to calculate the slope andthe intercept.…
- Question TWO: i. Identify and explain the Major Steps involved in budgeting ii. What do you understand by business forecasting? and state the challenges faced in forecastingQuestion 2 i. Differentiate between independent and dependent variable in forecasting. ii. The last seven weeks of sales at KC car dealership can be seen in Table 2 below. Table 2 Week Sales 1 25 2 30 3 27 4 31 5 27 6 29 7 30 8 a. Use a three-period weighted-moving average forecast to determine a forecast for the 8th week using weights of 3, 2, and 1 (where the most recent week receives the highest weight). (Round all forecasts to the nearest whole unit.) b. Calculate the MAD for this forecast. c. What does the MAD indicate?QUESTION 1 The table below shows the sales figures for a brand of shoe over the last 12 months. Months SalesJanuary 69February 75March 86April 92May 95June 100July 108August 115September 125October 131November 140December 150 a. Using the following, forecast the sales for the months up to January the following year:-i. A simple three month moving average. ii. A three period weighted moving average using weights of 1, 2 and 3. Assign thehighest weight to the most recent data. iii. Exponential Smoothing when α= .6 and the forecast for March is 350.iv. Determine which of the three forecasting technique is the most accurate using MAD