In: Operations Management
Consider the following time series data.
Quarter |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
1 2 3 4 |
4 2 3 5 |
6 3 5 7 |
7 6 6 8 |
As you can see in the table first calculate the total for perticular year. Then calculate the average from the total. Now devide the quaterly value by average and find the seasonal factor for perticular year. Repeat this for all years and quarters Then find the average seasonal factor for quarter 1 for all the years. Then repeat this for all the quarters.
As we forecasted earlier that 4th year demand would be 35. Then aveage demand per quarter would be 8.75 Now multiply this average with average seasonal factor of perticular quarter and get the forcast of 4th year.