INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS AND OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT 6 : FORECASTING TECHNIQUES Dr. Ravi Mahendra Gor Associate Dean ICFAI Business School ICFAI HOuse‚ Nr. GNFC INFO Tower S. G. Road Bodakdev Ahmedabad-380054 Ph.: 079-26858632 (O); 079-26464029 (R); 09825323243 (M) E-mail: ravigor@hotmail.com Contents Introduction Some applications of forecasting Defining forecasting General steps in the forecasting process Qualitative techniques in forecasting Time series methods The Naive Methods Simple Moving
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Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising by Ann McClintock Americans‚ adults and children alike‚ are being seduced. They are being brainwashed. And few of us protest. Why? Because the seducers and the brainwashers are the advertisers we willingly invite into our homes. We are victims‚ content—even eager—to be victimized. We read advertisers’ propaganda message in newspapers and magazines; we watch their alluring images on television. We absorb their messages and images into our subconscious
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i n f o a b s t r a c t Ethanol production from lignocellulosic materials is often conceived considering independent‚ standalone production plants; in the Brazilian scenario‚ where part of the potential feedstock (sugarcane bagasse) for second generation ethanol production is already available at conventional first generation production plants‚ an integrated first and second generation production process seems to be the most obvious option. In this study stand-alone second generation ethanol production
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Why should the Amul moppet be scared of a little calf called Gowardhan? Because the little brand now has Amul’s erstwhile CEO on its side Dibeyendu Ganguly Everybody seemed to desert BM Vyas once he put in his resignation as managing director of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF)‚ owner of the Amul brand. Chairman Parthi Bhatol‚ with whom Vyas had been at loggerheads for years‚ accepted the resignation right away. Then the other Board members‚ all chairmen of Gujarat’s
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O. HENRY‚ THE LAST LEAF In the 1890s‚ many artists lived in Greenwich Village‚ in One morning‚ the doctor spoke quietly to Sue outside Johnsy’s room. New York City. Sue and Johnsy were artists. The two girls met each ‘I can’t help her‚’ the doctor said. ‘She is very sad. She other in the month of May‚ at a restaurant in Greenwich doesn’t want to live. Someone must make her happy again. Village. What is she interested in?’ ‘I’m from the State of Maine‚’ Sue said to Johnsy
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Directed by a fan of the musicians involved in the film‚ The Last Waltz is considered one of the greatest musical films‚ if not the greatest‚ ever produced in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. It features the last concert given by a group of musicians who referred to themselves as “The Band”. Hence the name The Last Waltz was given to the title of the film. Besides the concert‚ the viewers are enlightened with the life experiences of these musicians through the interviews dispersed between the scenes
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Mandalay Resort Group - 2004 Summary of the Case At the year end of 2003‚ the Las Vegas a place of glitz and glamour survived the terrorist attack of September 11‚ 2001. Mandalay describe themselves as business of entertainment and it has been one of the innovators in the theme resort concept that is popular in casino gaming. They are also famous for extravagant vacations and convention centers in Las Vegas‚ Reno‚ and Laughlin Nevada. They rejuvenate the Circus Circus with new marketing strategy
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Old budget was $3747.36 billion ($2672.527 billion in spending‚ $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts). 1 New budget is $3540.25 billion ($2461.3 billion in spending‚ $1078.95 billion in tax expenditures and cuts). 2 You have cut the deficit by $207.11 billion. 3 Your new deficit is $193.89 billion. 2 Spending ($2461.3 billion: cut $211.22 billion) $312.27 billion.... Military Spending Cut $133.83 bil. from base of $446.105 bil.(-30%) $67.11 billion ..
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Life Change from a Hypothetical Plane Crash Introduction When I stepped into the office for the interview it was a far cry from the body shop I was just at a short hour before. I accepted the part-time position as a bookkeeper for the Christian owned tax service firm and was excited about the prospective of being one step closer to getting fully out of my current position at the body shop. My interviewer was the owner’s wife and she seemed like someone that I could learn from as she invited
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MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR The message that comes through the most powerfully for me is that you should not judge people by their outward appearances or social persona. SETTINGS The setting of the story takes place in a place called Greenwich Village‚ which is in New York. The last leaf takes place in New York City. The largest city in America‚ the location of the story is a small part of New York known as “Greenwich Village” and it is pronounced as “Grennitch” it depicts New York in the light of struggling
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