Reference no: EM131395882
Assignment 1
1. Sales data for two years are as follows. Data are aggregated with two months of sales (in 1,000 units) in each "period."
Year 1
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Year 2
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Period
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Sales
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Period
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Sales
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January-February
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115
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January-February
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124
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March-April
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112
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March-April
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132
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May-June
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159
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May-June
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168
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July-August
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182
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July-August
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203
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September-October
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126
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September-October
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135
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November-December
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106
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November-December
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123
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a) Plot the data.
b) Fit a linear regression model to the sales data.
c) In addition to the regression model, determine multiplicative seasonal index factors. A full cycle is assumed to be a full year.
d) Using the results from parts b) and c), prepare a forecast for the next year.
2. Zeus Computer Chips Inc. used to have major contracts to produce the Centrino-type chips. Here is demandover the past 12 quarters:
2014 2015 2016
I 4,800 I 3,500 I 3,200
II 3,500 II 2,700 II 2,100
III 4,300 III 3,500 III 2,700
IV 3,000 IV 2,400 IV 1,700
a) Fit a linear regression model with an additive form (using dummy variables) to forecast the four quarters of 2017.
b) Use the decomposition technique to forecast the four quarters of 2017.
3. The demand manager of Maverick Jeans is responsible for ensuring suf?cient warehouse spacefor the ?nished jeans that come from the production plants. In order to estimatethe space requirements the demand manager is evaluating moving-average forecasts. Thedemand (in 1,000 case units) for the last ?scal year is shown below.
Month
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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Demand
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20
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18
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21
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25
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24
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27
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22
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30
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23
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20
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29
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22
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a) Use a three-month moving average to estimate the month-in-advance forecast of demand formonths 4-12 and generate a forecast for the ?rst month of next year. Calculate mean absolute deviation (MAD).
b) Use a three-month weighted moving average with weights of 0.6, 0.3, 0.1 (most recent tolast recent, respectively) to calculate month-in-advance forecasts for months 4-12 andforecast for the ?rst month of next year. Calculate the MAD.
c) Use anexponential smoothing method witha starting forecast of 20 for month 1 and a smoothing constantα = 0.5to calculate month-in-advance forecasts for months 4-12 and forecast for the ?rst month of next year. Calculate the MAD.
d) Compare the MAD for the forecasting methods in parts a) - c).Based on these error calculations, which of the three forecast methods would you recommend?
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