Merone Company allocates materials handling cost to the company's two products using the below data:Modular Homes Prefab Barns Total expected units produced 5,400 8,400Total expected material moves 540 140 Expected direct labor-hours per unit 740 240The total materials handling cost for the year is expected to be $210,420.If the materials handling cost is allocated on the basis of material moves, the total materials handling cost allocated to the modular homes is closest to:

$167,098

Explanation:

The computation of the total materials handling cost allocated to the modular homes is shown below:

= Total material handling cost × expected modular homes ÷ total expected material moves

= $210,420 × 540 ÷ (540 + 140)

= $167,098

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.