Mth302 GDB No. 1 solution

Construct a real world business problem and then apply Time Series Forecast.

Total Marks 5
Starting Date Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Closing Date Wednesday, July 06, 2011

1. Determine Variable Unit Costs. Determine the variable costs of producing one unit of this product. Variable costs are those costs associated with making the product or buying it wholesale. If you are making a product, you will need to know the cost of all the components that go into that product. For example, if you are printing books, your variable unit costs are paper, binding, and glue for one book, and the cost to put one book together. Let’s say you calculate your unit variable cost at $11.50.
2. Determine Fixed Costs Fixed costs are costs to keep your business operating, even if you didn’t produce any products. To determine fixed costs, add up the cost of running your factory for one month. These costs would include rent or mortgage, utilities, insurance, salaries retirement benefit cost of non-production employees, and all other costs. In other words, fixed costs are all costs of your business except those directly related to producing your products. Let’s say you determine your monthly total fixed cost at $25,000

SOLUTION:

Realization of the fact that “Time is Money” in business activities, the dynamic decision technologies presented here, have been a necessary tool for applying to a wide range of managerial decisions successfully where time and money are directly related. In making strategic decisions under uncertainty, we all make forecasts. We may not think that we are forecasting, but our choices will be directed by our anticipation of results of our actions or inactions.