Income at the architectural firm spraggings and yunes for the period february to july was as follows: month february march april may june july income (in $ thousand) 70.0 68.5 64.8 71.7 71.3 72.8 use trend-adjusted exponential smoothing to forecast the firm’s august income. assume that the initial forecast average for february is $65,000 and the initial trend is 0. solve the problem with a) = 0.1 = 0.2. b) = 0.1 = 0.8. determine which smoothing constant provides a better forecast using mse.

Make or buy eastside company incurs a total cost of $120,000 in producing 10,000 units of a component needed in the assembly of its major product. the component can be purchased from an outside supplier for $11 per unit. a related cost study indicates that the total cost of the component includes fixed costs equal to 50% of the variable costs involved. a. should eastside buy the component if it cannot otherwise use the released capacity? present your answer in the form of differential analysis. use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. cost from outside supplier $answer variable costs avoided by purchasing answer net advantage (disadvantage) to purchase alternative $answer b. what would be your answer to requirement (a) if the released capacity could be used in a project that would generate $50,000 of contribution margin? use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.