A resort with restaurant spot in the area of Gazipur is open on the days of the week. The manager hopes to improve resources availability and scheduling of part-time employees by forecasting visitors number in the
next week. Data on visitors of recent 6 weeks at the spot has been tabulated and shown in the following
table:

i. Which is the best technique to forecast visitors in the spot? Explain. (2 points)
ii. Find forecasting equation or seasonal relatives. (4 points)
iii. Forecast expected numbers of visitors in the resort on week 7 and in the days of the week 7.

Lindon company is the exclusive distributor for an automotive product that sells for $30.00 per unit and has a cm ratio of 30%. the company’s fixed expenses are $162,000 per year. the company plans to sell 20,200 units this year. required: 1. what are the variable expenses per unit? (round your "per unit" answer to 2 decimal places.) 2. what is the break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales? 3. what amount of unit sales and dollar sales is required to attain a target profit of $72,000 per year? 4. assume that by using a more efficient shipper, the company is able to reduce its variable expenses by $3.00 per unit. what is the company’s new break-even point in unit sales and in dollar sales? what dollar sales is required to attain a target profit of $72,000?

Salge inc. bases its manufacturing overhead budget on budgeted direct labor-hours. the variable overhead rate is $8.10 per direct labor-hour. the company's budgeted fixed manufacturing overhead is $74,730 per month, which includes depreciation of $20,670. all other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. the direct labor budget indicates that 5,300 direct labor-hours will be required in september. the company recomputes its predetermined overhead rate every month. the predetermined overhead rate for september should be:

Differentiate between the trait, behavioral, and results-based performance appraisal systems, providing an example where each would be most applicable.