Exercise 4-32 The owner of Jessica's Baby Store must decide on the number of babies' dresses to order for the coming season. One order must be placed for the entire season. The normal sales price is P120 per dress; however, unsold dresses at season's end must be sold at half the price. The following data are available: Unit Sales CM at Regular Unit Loss at Half Price Order Quantity Price Unit Cost Sales Price 100 P120 P100 P20 P40 200 120 95 25 35 300 120 90 30 30 400 120 85 35 25 Over the past 20 seasons, Jessica has experienced the following sales: Quantity Sold 100 Frequency 200 300 8 400 The historical sales have occurred at random (i.e., they have exhibited no cvcles or trends and the future is expected to be similar to the past. REQUIRED: 1. Prepare a pay-off table representing the expected CM of each of the four possible strategies, assuming that only the four quantities listed are ever sold. 2. Compute the cost of the perfect information.
Exercise 4-32 The owner of Jessica's Baby Store must decide on the number of babies' dresses to order for the coming season. One order must be placed for the entire season. The normal sales price is P120 per dress; however, unsold dresses at season's end must be sold at half the price. The following data are available: Unit Sales CM at Regular Unit Loss at Half Price Order Quantity Price Unit Cost Sales Price 100 P120 P100 P20 P40 200 120 95 25 35 300 120 90 30 30 400 120 85 35 25 Over the past 20 seasons, Jessica has experienced the following sales: Quantity Sold 100 Frequency 200 300 8 400 The historical sales have occurred at random (i.e., they have exhibited no cvcles or trends and the future is expected to be similar to the past. REQUIRED: 1. Prepare a pay-off table representing the expected CM of each of the four possible strategies, assuming that only the four quantities listed are ever sold. 2. Compute the cost of the perfect information.
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