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From the records of previous orders of bulk paper rolls, management has accumulated the following data (number of rolls) on for the past 10 months of this year (given that

current date is the third Monday of November): a. Compute the monthly demand forecast for February through November of next year using the percent-over-last year method and using 13.8% as your basis. b. Compute the monthly demand forecast for February through November of next year using the cumulated-percent-over-last year method and using the ratio between the average of the last three months of the current year (as numerator) and the average of the first three months of the current year (as denominator) as your basis. c. Compute the monthly demand forecast for February through November of next year using the (simple) linear approximation and using the end-month data of the first quarter and the end-month data of the third quarter as historical data points to serve as your basis. serve as your basIS.d. Compute the monthly demand forecast for April through November of next year using a 3-month moving average. e. Compute the monthly demand forecast for April through November of next year using a 5-month moving average.

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