A dry cleaner uses exponential smoothing to forecast equipment usage at its main plant. August usage was forecasted to be 46 percent of capacity; actual usage was 56 percent of capacity. A smoothing constant of .05 is used. a. Prepare a forecast for September. (Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) Forecast for September percent of capacity
b. Assuming actual September usage of 64 percent, prepare a forecast for October usage. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Forecast for October percent of capacity

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $