1. The Southern Pizza Parlor is a small restaurant. One of the customers' favorites is Southern Spicy Cheesy Pizza. Tim Owan, the manager, must forecast monthly demand for these special pizzas so that he can order the correct amount of pizza shells monthly. Based on records, the demand has been as follows: (Please see the table) a) Forecast the demand for Southern Spicy Cheesy Pizza for month 13-16, using the 3 and 4 period moving average method. Note: Round up all the forecast to the nearest hundredth. b) Forecast the demand for month 16, using weights of 0.5. c) Forecast the demand for month 10 to 16 using the exponential smoothing method with a = 0.3. d) Now, forecast the demand for month 10-16 using the exponential smoothing method with a = 0.6. How do they compare to that in part (c)?

Need help with the forecast for year 10. Linear trend line

Please solve this

A recently introduced product has a positive trend in sales. The product’s sales have increased in each of its first eight weeks on the market. The forecast for week 6 was 1,325 (F6 = 1,325), with A6 = 1,283 and T6 = 42. Using smoothing components α = 0.20 and β = 0.30, develop forecasts for weeks 7 and 8.

Explain different forecasting techniques like moving averages, exponential smoothing, regression etc.

6. Consider the following data table. (12 Points) a) Forecast demand using exponential smoothing with an apha of 0.25, and an initial forecast of 128.0 for period 1. b) Calculate the MAD and MSE. Period Real demand 130 138 129 140 3 4 5 133

Give typed explanation Part 2: Using exponential smoothing, the forecasted demand for period 5 using the smoothing constant determined in image= ?

Assume that your stock of sales merchandise is maintained based on the forecast demand. If the distributor's sales personnel call on the first day of each month, compute your forecast sales by each of the three methods requested here. June July August ACTUAL 144 184 210 a. Using a simple three-month moving average, what is the forecast for September? Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Forecast for September b. Using a weighted moving average, what is the forecast for September with weights of 0.30, 0.40, and 0.30 for June, July, and August, respectively? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Forecast for September

41) A medium-term forecast is considered to cover what length of time? A) 2-4 weeks B) 1 month to 1 year C) 2-4 years D) 5-10 years E) 20 years 42) When is the exponential smoothing model equivalent to the naïve forecasting model? A) ? = 0 B) ? = 0.5 C) ? = 1 D) during the first period in which it is used E) never 43) Enrollment in a particular class for the last four semesters has been 120, 126, 110, and 130. Suppose a one-semester moving average was used to forecast enrollment (this is sometimes referred to as a naïve forecast). Thus, the forecast for the second semester would be 120, for the third semester it would be 126, and for the last semester it would be 110. What would the MSE be for this situation? A) 196.00 B) 230.67 C) 100.00 D) 42.00 E) None of the above 44) Which of the following methods tells whether the forecast tends to be too high or too low? A) MAD B) MSE C) MAPE D) decomposition E) bias 45) Assume that you have tried three different…

b5  need urgent in 15 minutes