Suppose that you are using the? four-period weighted moving average forecasting method to forecast sales and you know that sales will be decreasing every period for the foreseeable future. What of the following would be the best set of weights to use? (listed in order from the most recent period to four periods? ago, respectively)?

A. ?0.00, 0.00,? 0.00, 1.00
B. ?0.25, 0.25,? 0.25, 0.25
C. ?1.00, 0.00,? 0.00, 0.00
D. ?0.10, 0.20,? 0.30, 0.40
E. 0.40, 0.30,? 0.20, 0.10

Apharmaceutical packaging company (ppc) has decided to reorganize its processes into cells. the company has four different production operations, each requiring a unique piece of equipment. the names and functions of the four pieces of equipment are sort, count, place, and package. the company packages five different families of products (a, b, c, d, and e). the tables below indicate the demand (total units/day by product family), required operations, and operation cycle times for each product family. assume that any individual piece of equipment is available to operate 16 hours/day, but 2 hours (in total) are lost each day on each piece of equipment due to breaks and meetings when operators are not available to operate the equipment. how many minutes/day are available for production

Jallouk corporation has two different bonds currently outstanding. bond m has a face value of $50,000 and matures in 20 years. the bond makes no payments for the first six years, then pays $2,100 every six months over the subsequent eight years, and finally pays $2,400 every six months over the last six years. bond n also has a face value of $50,000 and a maturity of 20 years; it makes no coupon payments over the life of the bond. the required return on both these bonds is 10 percent compounded semiannually. what is the current price of bond m and bond n?

Later movers do not face: entrenched competitors. reduced uncertainty over technologies. high growth markets. lower market uncertainty.