What percentage of production is February production? If you are to forecast for May using four month simple moving average, what would be your forecast Determine the average productivity unit for the first three months. Determine the average productivity units per m

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You have just been given the following production reports as a new manager of a company;

 

January

February

March 

April

Units Produced

230

      1,800

2, 800

3,000

Hours Per Machine

325

      200

    400

320

No of machines

    3

        5

      4

4

 

  1. What percentage of production is February production?
  2. If you are to forecast for May using four month simple moving average, what would be your forecast
  3. Determine the average productivity unit for the first three months.
  4. Determine the average productivity units per machine.
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Average production of february is 78%.

 

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