Below is a list of applicants for a business, management, and administration career. list of candidates including highest degree and skill set degree skill set applicant 1 associates attention to detail, organizational skills, and critical thinking skills applicant 2 master's math skills, critical thinking skills, and computer skills applicant 3 bachelor's computer skills, analyzing skills, and verbal communication skills applicant 4 master's long-term planning skills, office technology skills, and stress-management skills which applicant would be best suited for an operation research analyst? applicant 1 applicant 2 applicant 3 applicant 4

Out of the applicants and their qualifcations that are listed, the applicant that would be best suited for an Operation Research Analyst positon would be applicant 2. Applicant 2 has a Masters Degree, math skills, crictical thinking skills and computer skills. All of these skills and qualfications make applicant 2 the best candidate for the job. Although skills are almost always taught on the job as well, having prior background knowledge is important.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.