Focusing on to choose their forecasting method

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Gary Puckette, human relations director at ABC Company, and Steve Gap, ABC’s operations director, have been asked by General Manager Dick Clark to confirm a manpower budget for a new product’s upcoming production run next month. When Gary and Steve select their quantitative forecasting method, on which time horizon should they be focusing on to choose their forecasting method?

Short range

Medium range

Annual

Long range

None of the above

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