When Harold Hansen was marketing manager at Creative Concepts Manufacturing Company, he estimated the company would sell a total of 500,000 of their new sandstone coasters decorated with Native American petroglyphs the first year on the market although the company had never before produced a product like that. What is this type of estimate called?

When Harold Hansen was marketing manager at Creative Concepts Manufacturing Company, he estimated the company would sell a total of 500,000 of their new sandstone coasters decorated with Native American petroglyphs the first year on the market although the company had never before produced a product like that. What is this type of estimate called?



A.

a buildup forecast


B.

a direct forecast


C.

a lost-horse forecast


D.

a Delphi forecast



Answer: B


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