The Fitter Snacker company sold 6,435 cases of snack bars in June of the previous year. They are expecting sales to increase by 3% this year. In addition, they are launching a promotional campaign in May, which they expect will increase sales in June by an additional 500 cases.

1.Calculate the sales forecast for June of this year that Fitter Snacker should use? Show all your calculation steps.

2. Fitter Snacker can produce 333.3 cases of snack bars per day during the standard eight‐hour workday. They can work two hours of overtime per weekday, plus four hours on Saturday. They are developing an SOP for a month with 23 weekdays and 4 Saturdays. Calculate the maximum number of cases that Fitter Snacker can produce in the month if they schedule workers for overtime on weekdays only? Show all your calculations.

3. In a company that has an ERP system the accountants talk in terms of "data flow" between modules. Explain why are the accountants not accurate, and what is a better term for them to use?

 

Sales FEB MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE forecasting Previous year (cases) JAN 5734 5823 5884 6134 6587 6735 Promotion sales 300 300 (cases) Previous year base (cases) Growth: 3.0% Base projection 5906 (cases) 5734 5823 5884 6134 6587 6735 172 175 177 184 189 193 5998 6061 6318 6476 6628 Promotion 500 (cases) Sales forecast 5906 5998 6061 6318 6476 7128 |(cases)