The American University Operations And Supply Chain Management Assignment Help - Ms. Winnie Lin’s company

Question - Ms. W innie Lin’s company sells computers. Monthly sales for a six-month period are as follows:
MONTH SALES
Jan ……………………18,000
Feb ……………………22,000
Mar ……………………16,000
Apr ……………………18,000
May ……………………20,000
Jun ……………………24,000
a. Plot the monthly data on a sheet of graph paper.
b. Compute the sales forecast for July using the following approaches:
(1) A four-month moving average;
(2) A weighted three-month moving average using .50 for June, .3 ...Read More 0 for May and .20 for April;
(3) A linear trend equation
(4) Exponential smoothing with a (smoothing constant) equal to .40, assuming a February forecast of
18,000
c. Which method do you think is the least appropriate? Why? ...Read Less

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