The owner of the Chocolate Outlet Store wants to forecast chocolate demand. Demand for the preceding four

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The owner of the Chocolate Outlet Store wants to forecast chocolate demand. Demand for the preceding four years is shown in the following table:

Year

Demand (Pounds)

1

68,800

2

71,000

3

75,500

4

71,200


Forecast demand for Year 5 using the following approaches: 

(a) Three-year moving average; 

(b) A three-year weighted moving average using .40 for Year 4, .20 for Year 3, and .40 for Year 2; 

(c) Exponential smoothing with α = .30, and assuming the forecast for Year 1 = 68,000.

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Principles of Supply Chain Management A Balanced Approach

ISBN: 978-1337406499

5th edition

Authors: Joel D. Wisner, Keah Choon Tan, G. Keong Leong

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