Business products that are purchased routinely, do not become part of finished goods, and are expense items rather than capital goods are called a. process materials. b. raw materials. c. installations. d. component parts. e. accessory equipment.

e. accessory equipment

Explanation:

Accessory equipment are the goods and services that are used by firms and organizations to complete their daily operation. They consist of products and services which are used in the production processes. Likewise, they are considered import which makes them expensive compared to other capital goods. These goods can easily be replaced without affecting the whole process.

c

explanation:

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.