Purchases Budget Rest Inn provides four-star accommodations for the vacation traveler. It is located just off a major interstate freeway. There are three other competing motels at the same exit. Hotel management is preparing its budget for the busiest three-month period of the year, June through August. To differentiate themselves from the competition, Rest Inn provides a complimentary spa package for each guest stay that includes specialty shampoo, conditioner, soap, lotion, toothpaste, lavender essential oil, slippers, earplugs, and a sleep mask. Rest Inn purchases the spa package from a local vendor that puts the Rest Inn private label on the products. The hotel follows a policy of purchasing enough spa packages to ensure that 40% of next month’s bookings are in the current month’s ending inventory. Rest Inn’s sales budget for guest stays for the next quarter is as follows:
June 2,300 guest stays
July 2,500 guest stays
August 2,100 guest stays
How many spa packages should Rest Inn budget for purchase in July?

2,340

Explanation:

The computation of purchase to be made on July is shown below:-

Particulars                                   June            July            August

Sales                                            2,300           2,500           2,100

Add: Closing Inventory                1,000            840  

(40% of next month)

Less: Opening Inventory                                  1,000           840

(Closing of previous month)

Purchases to be made                3,300           2,340        1,260

Therefore the purchase to be made on July is 2,340

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.