Background: Wes and Steve are partners in a lunch truck company that operates a central kitchen and operates lunch trucks

that travel to various locations in Philadelphia, Monday$-$Friday. The lunch trucks deliver pre$-$packaged healthy sandwich and

salad alternatives, fresh fruit and pre$-$packaged low$-$fat desserts and canned beverages. Together, the partners have to make

many decisions about how to structure the operational aspects of the business so that it is cost effective, efficient and

profitable.

Current Situation: Steve and Wes know they must prepare$/$use forecasts to make effective decisions for the business. They

are presently faced with $3$ situations for analyzing$/$preparing forecast data: