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Quantitative Methods

❖ Time series data: Historical data to make forecasts


Demand ( in Lakhs) Passenger Vehicle Sales Air passenger
(In India) movements (in Lakhs)
35
4000000 450
30 3500000 400
25 3000000 350
300
2500000
20 250
2000000
200
15 1500000 150
10 1000000 100
500000 50
5 0
0
0

Level Level +Trend Level + Trend+ Seasonality

Do you think forecasting approach will be same for all type of products
Components of Demand

Seasonal
peaks Trend
component
Demand for product or

Actual
demand
line

Average
demand over
service

four years
Random
variation
Year Year Year Year
1 2 3 4

Demand=Systematic part (level +trend +seasonality)+ Random part (error)


Method 1 : The Naïve Method
● Ft=At-1 : Simplest Approach to Forecasting

Period Demand Forecast


Forecast of Demand
in Period 2
1 130 -
(This forecast made
after seeing
Demand in Period 2 155 130
1)
3 145 155
Forecast of Demand
in Period 5 4 160 145
(This forecast made
after seeing 5 151 160
Demand in Period
4)
6 143 151

7 143
Method 2 : The Simple Average
● Ft=(A1+ A2+A3+…At-1)/(t-1)

Forecast of Period Demand Forecast


Demand in Period
2 (This forecast 1 130 -
made after seeing
Demand in Period
1) 2 155 130.00 130/1 =130

3 145 142.50 (130+155)/2 =142.50

4 160 143.33 (130+155+145)/3 = 143.33


Forecast of Demand
in Period 5 (This
forecast made after 5 151 147.50 (130+155+145+160)/4 = 147.5

seeing Demand in
Period 4) 6 143 148.20 (130+155+145+160+151)/5 = 148.2

7 147.33 (130+155+145+160+151+143)/6 = 147.33

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