Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in develop a topclown plan? O Translate the sales forecast into resource requirements O Generate alternative production plans O Develop the aggregate sales forecast and planning values O Determine the rav.I materials required to support the plan You are the new forecasting analyst, and you are selecting a forecasting technique that is likely to have the best results for a product line with a positive growth trend. Which technique will likely provide the best results? O Moving Average O Exponential Smoothing O Weighted Moving Average O Linear RegressionFed up with her working conditions at the call center. Lisa decides to invest in a state-oftheart sewing machine and produce limited quanties of her own clothing designs. After a few months of operation. she decides to apply some of the forecasting techniques she mastered in school. Which of these statements about her forecasts is correct? 0 The best way for her to determine the amount of fabric she need next week would be to her forecast from the beginning of the year versus her customer orders for each type of skirt. 0 Her demand forecasts for each style of skirt will be more accurate than her demand forecasts for all skirts. 0 Her demand forecasts for next month will probably be more accurate than her demand forecasts for six months from now. 0 Since Lisa knows her business. herforecasts will probably be 100% accurate. An entrepreneur identifies a product that she knows will sell like crazy if she can only figure out a way to bring it to her area. The idea is so fantastic that I can't tell you what it is, so we will just refer to it as X. The entrepreneur has identified four ways to bring X to the masses; she can import it, she can smuggle it (ignore the legality), she can try to produce it on her own, and she can have a local reputable producer make it for her. The fixed and variable costs for each of these alternatives are shown below. What is her best course of action if she believes that demand will be 20,000 units? Option A B C D Fixed Costs $300,000 $175,000 $50,000 $0 Variable Costs/Unit $15 $20 $40 $50 OA OC OD O BA bottling machine has a theoretical capacity of 100 bottles per minute. During every eight hour shift it operates continuously but is shut down once for 30 minutes for cleaning, inspection, and lubrication. While it is running it averages 15% downtime over the course remaining time of the shift. What is its rated capacity per shift? 38,250 bottles O 40,800 bottles O 37,800 bottles O 48,000 bottles