Which of the following is NOT true about forecasting with a trend component? The sample coefficient of determination, r^2, measures the amount of variation in the dependent variable about its mean that is explained by the regression line Time-series methods (simple moving average, weighted moving average, exponential smoothing, etc.) will be not biased when a systematic increase or decrease exists in the average over time The forecast can be improved by calculating an estimate of the trend Trend projection can be done with simple or multiple regression analysis

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

Zapper has beginning equity of $257,000, net income of $51,000, dividends of $40,000 and investments by stockholders of $6,000. its ending equity is

Acompany's sales in year 1 were $300,000, year 2 were $351,000, and year 3 were $400,000. using year 2 as a base year, the sales percent for year 3 is