A cosmetics manufacturer’s marketing department has developed a linear trend equation that can be used to predict annual sales of its popular Hand & Foot Cream.Ft = 80 + 15twhereFt = Annual sales (000 bottles)t is in yearsa. Are annual sales increasing or decreasing? By how much?b. Predict annual sales for year 6 using the equation.

1. Favors Distribution Company purchases small imported trinkets in bulk, packages them, and sells them to retail stores. They are conducting an inventory control study of all their items. The following data for the year 2006 are for one such item, which is not seasonal. [10 Points] Month Sales Jan Feb 18 19 Mar Apr May Jun 17 21 20 19 Jul 20 Aug 23 a. Use trend projection to estimate the relationship between time and sales (state the trend line equation in this problem). b. Calculate forecasts for February 2007, April 2007, and February 2008

Year Season Sales 2018 Winter 40 2018 Spring 29 2018 Summer 31 2018 Fall 40 2019 Winter 102 2019 Spring 87 2019 Summer 96 2019 Fall 132 2020 Winter 105 2020 Spring 93 2020 Summer 105 2020 Fall 117 2021 Winter 141 2021 Spring 39 2021 Summer 114 2021 Fall 123 What is the slope of the trend equation obtained by linear regression? Round to two decimal digits. What is the intercept of the trend equation obtained by linear regression? Round to two decimal digits. What is the seasonal index for Spring? Round to two decimal digits. The quarter number for Winter of 2018 is 1. What is the quarter number for Spring of 2025? What is the trend based forecast for Spring of 2025. Round to a whole number. What is the seasonally adjusted trend based forecast for Spring of 2025?  Please do not use excel to find the slope and intercept, thank you so much!

discuss the strategic importance of forecasting for Disney and demonstrate how Disney World systematically uses the first seven steps in the forecasting process to initiate, design and implement forecasting systems

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The Yummy Ice Cream Company projects the demand for ice cream by using first-order exponential smoothing. Last week the forecast was 100,000 gallons of ice cream, and 90,000 gallons was actually sold.   Using alpha=.1, prepare a forecast for next week.     Calculate the forecast using Alpha=.2 and Alpha=.3 for this problem. Which values of Alpha gave the best forecast, assuming actual demand for next week ends up being 95,000 gallons?

A large cement manufacturer uses exponential smoothing to forecast demand for a piece of pollution-control equipment. It appears that an increasing trend is present.Month                        At1                               700  2                               685  3                               648  4                               717  5                               713 6                               728 7                               754 8                               762 If the initial forecast for month 1 was 650 units and the trend over that period was 0 units, calculate FIT for the 9-month period. Use smoothing constants, Alpha = 0.1 andAlpha = 0.2.

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35 The last seven weeks of demand at a new car dealer are shown below. Use a three-period weighted-moving average forecast to determine a forecast for the 8th week using weights of 3, 2, and 1 (where the most recent week receives the highest weight). (Round all forecasts to the nearest whole unit.) Calculate the MAD for this forecast (covering all weeks in which error comparisons can be made). What does the MAD indicate?   Week     Sales1             252             303             274             315             276             297             30