Equation to determine which forecasts are appropriate for specific quarters.

A manager is using the equation below to forecast quarterly demand for a product: Yt = 6,000 + 80t where t = 0 at Q2 of last year Quarter relatives are Q1 = .6, Q2 = 0.9, Q3 = 1.3, and Q4 = 1.2. What forecasts are appropriate for the last quarter of this year and the first quarter of next year?

Purchasing and supply chain management.

What are five things you would do to make a commercial difference? If you were appointed to the above post what difference could you make? Imagine you were in a job interview?

11 finance problems: yield to maturity, price of stock, ROR, Beta, price of bond

I have attached some sample problems for a test review. I would like to know the answer and how to work these problems. These questions are from a managerial finance class. Finance Problems: 1. Bond’s par value- $1,000 pays coupons Semi-annually and matures in 16 years. Coupon Rate is 8% Coupons are paid semi annually. Pr ...continues

Prairie Home case

a. If r = 15 percent and DIV1 = $3, what is the value of a share? b. What price do you forecast for the stock next year? c. What is the expected rate of return on the stock? d. Can you distinguish between "bad stocks" and "bad companies"? Does the fact that the industry is declining mean that the stock is a bad buy? ...continues

8 Multiple choice questions on redemption of preference shares, reserves, issue of shares at a premium, Goodwill, debentures, collection period, rate variance, NPV, earnings per ordinary shares

Q1.A Company has decided to redeem its preference shares at a premium of $ 0.25. The preference shares were originally issued at $ 1.15 each. Prior to the redemption the company's Balance Sheet showed the following $000 ...continues

Purchase of shares in a PLC property company of choice

I have to recommend the purchase of shares in a PLC property company of my choice. This I can do and I am in the process of choosing a company. What I need to know is: 1) The potential effects of mergers and takeovers. 2) What criteria to use when recommending the company 3) What is the effect of the rise and fall of other ...continues

Information technology: two most problematic pitfalls in business IT

From your perspective, what are the two most problematic pitfalls inherent in business information technology? How have computer manufacturers and corporations begun to address these issues? How would you, as a member of a corporation, address these issues? Remember to cite your sources and make an argument as to w ...continues

Project Management: These question are based on Chapter 9 of "Project Management: A Managerial Approach, 5th Edition." Concepts include: resource allocation, critical path method, and crashing a project.

7. The following data were obtained from a study of the times required to conduct a consumer test panel study: Crash Schedule Normal Schedule Activity Time Cost Time Cost 1-2 3 $6 5 $4 1-3 1 $5 5 $3 2-4 5 $7 10 $4 3-4 2 $6 7 $4 2-6 2 $5 6 $3 4-6 5 $9 11 $6 4-5 4 $6 6 $3 6-7 1 $4 5 $2 5-7 1 $5 4 $2 Note: C ...continues

Setting up costs in Microsoft Project 2000 for project management: include costs?

Microsoft Project 2000 has templates that can be used for getting started in project management. These are good but unfortunately, these templates don't include costs (such as hourly and overtime rates) for resources allocated. How can I include costs?

Project Management

Hypothetical story that will hopefully help me make better project management decisions. See attached.