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Forecasting J 1st 2nd 3rd Session-5
Forecasting J 1st 2nd 3rd Session-5
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
7 143
Method 2 : The Simple Average
● Ft=(A1+ A2+A3+…At-1)/(t-1)
seeing Demand in
Period 4) 6 143 148.20 (130+155+145+160+151)/5 = 148.2