(1) Four-month moving average; (2) Weighted three-month moving average using .50 for June, .30 for May and .20 for April; (3) Exponential smoothing with α (smoothing constant) equal to .40, assuming a February forecast of 18,000

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Q1) 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

June

24,000

Compute the sales forecast for July using the following approaches:

(1) Four-month moving average;

(2) Weighted three-month moving average using .50 for June, .30 for May and .20 for April;

(3) Exponential smoothing with α (smoothing constant) equal to .40, assuming a February forecast of 18,000

 

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