Harold owns a chain of coffee shops. He hires accountants to summarize the information from his company's business transactions into a financial statement. For what reason Harold would use a financial statement?

to aid in internal planning and control.

Explanation: A Financial statement can be defined as a formal record of all relevant financial information of a business, person, or other entity presented in a structured and standardized manner to allow easy understanding.

The financial statement will aid the business in drawing out business procedures and methods from information gotten such as cash flow, financial analysis etc.

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.