Quantitative Analysis for Management, 13/e

Long description

Tip boxes direct you to enter demand data and weights into a data table and calculations will be automatically performed. Additional tip boxes show where the measures of accuracy and next period forecast are found in the output results.

There is a three column data table included in the output. It reads, descending by column, as follows:

Column 1:

• Period

• Period 1

• Period 2

• Period 3

• Period 4

• Period 5

• Period 6

• Period 7

• Period 8

• Period 9

• Period 10

• Period 11

• Period 12

Column 2:

• Demand

• 10

• 12

• 13

• 16

• 19

• 23

• 26

• 30

• 28

• 18

• 16

• 14

Column 3:

• Weights

• 1

• 2

• 3

• The rest of this column is blank

Underneath the data table, the forecast for the next period is listed. It reads 15.3 repeating.

Next to the Data Table is a table titled Forecasts and Error Analysis. ...