Bat is a product of the Baldwin company which is primarily in the Nano segment b

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Bat is a product of the Baldwin company which is primarily in the Nano segment but is also sold in another segment. Baldwin starts to create their sales forecast by assuming all policies (R&D, Marketing, and Production) for all competitors are equal this year over last. For this question assume that all 700 of units of Bat are sold in the Nano segment. If the competitive environment remains unchanged what will be the Bat product’s demand next year (in 000’s)?

*MTBF * means 'mean time before failure'

1596 700 798 749 Production Information 2nd Auto Shift & mation Capacity Unit Primary Units Inven Age Pfmn Size Material Labor Contr. Over Next Next Plant Name Segment Sold tory Revision Date Dec 31 MTBF Coord Coord Price Cost Cost Marg. time Round Round Utiliz 728 141% 714 121% Thrift 1,372 757 4/13/2014 5.120000 6.7 13.3 $26.00 $8.13 $7.90 33% 90% 6.0 1.130188% Core 1,832 44 12/10/2015 2.222000 9.4 10.6 $32.00 $11.60 $8.96 35% 50% 5.0 1,200 149% Nano 922 263 11/8/2016 1.124000 12.1 6.0 $40.00 $16.13 $10.29 33% 42% 4.0 Elite 773 215 11/13/2016 1.126000 14.2 8.0$42.00 $16.81 $9.80 36% 22% 4.0 Bold Thrift 1,725 22 6/28/2017 3.514000 7.0 13.0 $20.00 $6.65$2.82 51% 100% 9.0 1,000 198% Buddy Core 1,879 14 11/29/2016 1.216000 9.6 10.4$22.00 $10.01$5.64 31% 100% 7.0 1.150 198% 750 124% 800 107% Bat Beetle Elite Nano 700 161 12/21/2016 1.118000 11.5 6.7 $31.00 $13.64 $6.24 36% 25% 6.0 605 134 11/4/2016 1.120000 13.5 8.5 $35.00 $14.36 $7.09 38% 8% 5.0 Coat Nano 1.129 84 11/11/2016 2.223000 10.4 7.8 $30.00 $13.98 $9.50 25% 93% 5.0 436 144 12/12/2016 1.925000 13.6 8.6$38.00 $15.87 $7.73 41% 0% 5.0 Camp Nano 960 261 12/21/2016 1.023000 12.0 6.0 $37.00 $15.79$8.65 33% 33% 5.0 865 239 12/4/2016 1.025000 14.0 8.0 $39.00 $16.39 $8.14 36% 13% 5.0 570 191% 700 64% 850 132% 950 111% Cure Cent Elite Dot Thrift 1,341 233 12/10/2016 2.817000 7.8 12.2 $19.00 $8.40 $4.03 41% 33% 8.0 1,050 132% Dune Thrift 1,675 280 12/18/2016 2.617000 8.0 12.0$19.00 $8.61 $4.22 37% 57% 8.0 1,250 155% 900 191% 950 185% Daze Core 1,291 146 12/2/2016 1.218000 10.4 9.2 $27.00 $11.68 $7.38 30% 93% 6.0 Deft Core 1,418 81 11/18/2016 1.220000 11.1 9.7 $28.00 $12.39 $7.33 30% 87% 6.0 COMP-XM® INQUIRER Page 4

Explanation / Answer

In this case, Baldwin starts to create its sales forecast by 14%

Number of units is 700 which were sold in nano segment

Thus if the competitive environment remains same , the the demand for the nex year will be

700* 1.14=798 units

So the correct answer is:- 798 units

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