Assume an initial starting Ft of 292 units, a trend (Tt) of eight units, an alpha of 0.10, and a delta of 0.20. If actual demand turned out to be 280, calculate the forecast for the next period. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

Which of the following is not a characteristic of enterprise applications that cause challenges in implementation? a. they introduce "switching costs," making the firm dependent on the vendor. b. they cause integration difficulties as every vendor uses different data and processes. c. they are complex and time consuming to implement. d. they support "best practices" for each business process and function. e. they require sweeping changes to business processes to work with the software.