Questions from General Operations Management

Q: North Dakota Electric Company estimates its demand trend line (in millions

North Dakota Electric Company estimates its demand trend line (in millions of kilowatt hours) to be: D = 77 + 0.43Q Where Q refers to the sequential quarter number and Q 5 1 for winter of Year 1. In...

Q: The number of disk drives (in millions) made at a

The number of disk drives (in millions) made at a plant in Taiwan during the past 5 years follows: YEAR……………DISK DRIVES 1…………………………..140 2…………………………..160 3…………………………..190 4………………………….200 5…………………………....

Q: Dr. Lillian Fok, a New Orleans psychologist, specializes in

Dr. Lillian Fok, a New Orleans psychologist, specializes in treating patients who are agoraphobic (i.e., afraid to leave their homes). The following table indicates how many patients Dr. Fok has seen...

Q: Match the product with the proper parent company and country in the

Match the product with the proper parent company and country in the table below:

Q: Emergency calls to the 911 system of Durham, North Carolina,

Emergency calls to the 911 system of Durham, North Carolina, for the past 24 weeks are shown in the following table: a) Compute the exponentially smoothed forecast of calls for each week. Assume an...

Q: Using the 911 call data in Problem 4.31, forecast

Using the 911 call data in Problem 4.31, forecast calls for weeks 2 through 25 with a trend-adjusted exponential smoothing model. Assume an initial forecast for 50 calls for week 1 and an initial tren...

Q: Storrs Cycles has just started selling the new Cyclone mountain bike,

Storrs Cycles has just started selling the new Cyclone mountain bike, with monthly sales as shown in the table. First, co-owner Bob Day wants to forecast by exponential smoothing by initially setting...

Q: Boulanger Savings and Loan is proud of its long tradition in Winter

Boulanger Savings and Loan is proud of its long tradition in Winter Park, Florida. Begun by Michelle Boulanger 22 years after World War II, the S&L has bucked the trend of financial and liquidity...

Q: Mark Gershon, owner of a musical instrument distributorship, thinks that

Mark Gershon, owner of a musical instrument distributorship, thinks that demand for guitars may be related to the number of television appearances by the popular group Maroon 5 during the previous mon...

Q: Café Michigan’s manager, Gary Stark, suspects that demand for mocha

Café Michigan’s manager, Gary Stark, suspects that demand for mocha latte coffees depends on the price being charged. Based on historical observations, Gary has gathered the following data, which show...