Week 2 AssignmentAshford UniversityAdvanced LogisticsBUS 6321. When comparing performance during the frst fve months of2010 with performance in 2009, which warehouse shows the most improvement? This article will began by evalating the !erformance of the warehosewithin the initial "ve months of the year 2#$# against the !erformance in theinitial "ve months of 2##%& 't will consistently monitors the e(!enses of the bsiness intended for warehosing for the last 2 )arters of 2#$#&' wanted to conclde the !erformance of the warehoses by assessing the cost of the nit of !rodct being trans!orted& 'n making com!arison in the year 2##% and 2#$#* every warehose has elevated the !rice !er nit it was trans!orted e(clding St& Lois& This will let s arrive to a conclsion that St& Lois is having more cost even with lesser nit shi!!ed& Atlanta Boston +hicago ,enver -argoLos Angles.ortlandSt&Lois/ !er nit shi!!ed 2##% %%&$$%06%%#$%131&0022$3%16%&0%0130%1&%3260$%&%66031/ !er nit shi!!ed 2#$#%&%6%260%&33$221%&22262$#&31002$$&%3602%&122$2#2%&263331%%32$,i4erence 2##%52#$# 5$5#&3$$665%&222625$&%213652&112235#&21$330 5#&32$2#&1%2#62The scceeding table will demonstrate the real "ve month e(!enses of each warehose dring 2##% to 2#$#& Si( ot of eight of them have considerably get more e(!enditre 6red7* however Los Angeles has lesser e(!enditre com!ared to the e(!enditre of St& Lois& 't indicates that St& Lois has vast im!rovement com!ared to others& AtlantaBoston+hicago,enver-argoLos Angeles.ortlandSt& Lois2*#$# / 3#*221 / 2%*3$6 / $3$*222 /$3*%## /%*6#0 / %3*21# / 32*6$6 /$%*$%$2*##% / 30*1%# / 22*%$0 / $3$*6$1 /1*6## /1*113 / $#%*6%# / 36*#2$ /23*232$$28 $#08 $#28 $238$#18 108 $$18 138red 'ncrease in costble,ecrease in cost bt smaller than 9 $blackBest:greatest decrease in costs8 evens ot si;e di4erences of di4erent warehosesQuestion 5. The ear 2010 is near! ha!f over. ".Q. is to!d to determine how much the frm is !i#e! to spend for warehousing at each of the eight warehouses for the !ast si$ months in 2010. %o his wor# for him.' am believe that the a!!lication of sim!le average forecasting strategy to see the scceeding si( months of warehose e(!enses& The data !rovided has no !rice costs for every month< however* there are cmlative vales dring the "ve months of its o!eration& We can a!!ly the average forecastingstrategy in which we can have the average vale of !rice and a!!ly this as my forecasted digit on the ne(t !eriod& The table below will show the forecasting of every warehose* showing which warehose are more likely to have more s!ending com!ared to others&Warehose&ctua! costs fve mths.&ve. per mth. actua! 'ro(ected for si$ mths.costsAtlanta/3#*221# /1*#30&6# / 31*223&6# Boston/2%*3$6# /0*113&2# / 30*2%%&2# +hicago/$3$*222# /21*233&3# / $6%*366&3# ,enver/$3*%### /2*%1## / $2*11## -argo/%*6#0# /$*%2$# / $$*026# Los Angeles /%3*21## /$1*606# / $$$*%36# .ortland /32*6$6# /1*023&2# / 0$*$3%&2# St& Lois /$%*$%$# /3*131&2# / 23*#2%&2# As what has been demonstrated by this strategy* the forecasted vale will follow similar trend ha!!ened in the !ast& Also* this method showed that the vales for e(!ected costs are a!!ro(imately com!ted for every warehose of the com!any& ,ata from the last "ve months of 2#$# ntil =ay 3$ were careflly chosen& The given data will then be divided by "ve in order to have the average of each month>s costs& Using this method* the following reslts were derived?Atlanta* /31223&6#* Boston* /302%%&2#* +hicago* /$6%366&3#*,enver* /$211##* -argo* /$$026#* Los Angeles* /$$$%36#* .ortland* /0$$3%&2#* St& Lois*/23#2%&2#&The reslts showed that St& Lois considerably decreased com!ared to Los Angeles& The rest of the involved warehoses have increased in terms of e(!enses& This !ro@ection indicates that the trend will contine to !rse for the ne(t years to come&