In: Operations Management
George Kyparisis owns a company that manufactures sailboats. Actual demand for George's sailboats during each of the past four seasons was as follows:
Year
Season |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Winter |
1 comma 4001,400 |
1 comma 2001,200 |
1 comma 0001,000 |
960960 |
Spring |
1 comma 5601,560 |
1 comma 4201,420 |
1 comma 6401,640 |
1 comma 5801,580 |
Summer |
1 comma 0001,000 |
2 comma 1002,100 |
2 comma 0402,040 |
1 comma 9601,960 |
Fall |
600600 |
750750 |
650650 |
500500 |
George has forecasted that annual demand for his sailboats in year 5 will equal
6 comma 0006,000
sailboats.
Based on the given data and using the multiplicative seasonal model, the demand level for George's sailboats in the spring of year 5 will be
nothing
sailboats (enter a whole
number).
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Based on the given data and using the multiplicative seasonal model, the demand level for George's sailboats in the spring of year 5 will be 1827