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The document contains historical demand data over 11 years and uses two different moving average approaches to forecast future demand: 1) A 3-year simple moving average, which forecasts demand from years 4 through 12. The mean absolute deviation for this forecast is 2.63. 2) A 3-year weighted moving average that assigns weights of 0.15, 0.25, and 0.60 to the past 3 years of data. This approach forecasts demand from years 4 through 12 and has a mean absolute deviation of 2.54. The weighted moving average produces the better forecast based on its lower mean absolute deviation value.

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CH 4 P 5

The document contains historical demand data over 11 years and uses two different moving average approaches to forecast future demand: 1) A 3-year simple moving average, which forecasts demand from years 4 through 12. The mean absolute deviation for this forecast is 2.63. 2) A 3-year weighted moving average that assigns weights of 0.15, 0.25, and 0.60 to the past 3 years of data. This approach forecasts demand from years 4 through 12 and has a mean absolute deviation of 2.54. The weighted moving average produces the better forecast based on its lower mean absolute deviation value.

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he following table shows the actual demand observed over the last 11 

years:
                                             
                                             
                                             
    
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Demand 6 8 4 7 13 9 13 13 9 9 8
This exercise contains only parts b, c, and d.
b) Using the 3-year moving average, provide the forecast from periods 4 through 12 (round your
responses to one decimal  place).
Year 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Forecast 6 6 6.3 6.3 8 8 9.6 9.6 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.6 11.6 10.3 10.3 8.6 8.6

sum (Weight for period n*demandinperiod n)/sum(weights)

c) Using the 3-year weighted moving average with weights


0.15,
0.25,
and
0.60,
using
0.60
for the most recent period, provide the forecast from periods 4 through 12  (round your responses to
two decimal  places).
Year 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Forecast nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing

wma 4 = (0.15*4)+(0.25*8)+(0.6*4)/1

Deman
year d wma
1 6  
2 8  
3 4  
4 7 5.3
5 13 6.4
6 9 10.15
7 13 9.7
8 13 12
9 9 12.4
10 9 10.6
11 8 9.6
8.4

c) Using the 3-year weighted moving average with weights


0.15,
0.25,
and
0.60,
using
0.60
for the most recent period, provide the forecast from periods 4 through 12  (round your responses to
two decimal  places).
Year 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Forecast 5.3 5.3 6.4 6.4 10.15 10.15 9.7 9.7 12 12 12.4 12.4 10.6 10.6 9.6 9.6 8.4 8.4
d) Mean absolute deviation for the forecast developed using the 3-year moving average is
2.63
and for the 3-year weighted moving average is
2.54.
Based on this information, the better forecast is achieved using the
weighted moving average

approach.

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