In: Operations Management
| Historical demand for iphones in a retail store is as follows: | |||
| Sales | |||
| January | 12 | ||
| February | 14 | ||
| March | 15 | ||
| April | 12 | ||
| May | 16 | ||
| a) Using the simple mean method, find the June forecast. | |||
| b) Using a simple exponential smoothing with alpha = 0.1 and a January forecast = 13, find the June Forecast. | |||
| c) Use MAD to decide which method produced the better forecast. | |||