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Excel Forecasting Template Guide

The document contains weekly sales data in thousands of gallons for 12 weeks. It provides the week number and corresponding sales for each week. This time series data could be used to create a scatter plot with week number on the x-axis and sales in thousands of gallons on the y-axis to visualize the sales over time.

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Topics covered

  • Data Visualization,
  • Error Analysis,
  • Sales Forecasting Techniques,
  • Quarterly Sales,
  • Sales Predictions,
  • Sales Data,
  • Trend Projection,
  • Sales Comparison,
  • Sales Trends Analysis,
  • Scatter Chart
207 views13 pages

Excel Forecasting Template Guide

The document contains weekly sales data in thousands of gallons for 12 weeks. It provides the week number and corresponding sales for each week. This time series data could be used to create a scatter plot with week number on the x-axis and sales in thousands of gallons on the y-axis to visualize the sales over time.

Uploaded by

JH Escobar
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as XLSX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topics covered

  • Data Visualization,
  • Error Analysis,
  • Sales Forecasting Techniques,
  • Quarterly Sales,
  • Sales Predictions,
  • Sales Data,
  • Trend Projection,
  • Sales Comparison,
  • Sales Trends Analysis,
  • Scatter Chart

Sales (in thousands of

Week gallons) (Create a scatter chart and identify the components of the time series)
1 17
2 21
3 19
4 23
5 18
6 16
7 20
8 18
9 22
10 20
11 15
12 22
of the time series)
Sales (Y) (1000s
Week (t) of gallons) Forecast (Ft) Error (et) Squared Error (et^2)
1 17
2 21
3 19
4 23
5 18
6 16
7 20
8 18
9 22
10 20
11 15
12 22
13

s forecast for the 13th week -


MSE
t Y Ft et^2 weights to assign each period
1 17 current period
2 21 previous period
3 19 two periods back
4 23 Total 0.00
5 18
6 16
7 20
8 18
9 22
10 20
11 15
12 22
13

Sales forecast for the 13th week -


MSE
t Y Ft et^2
1 17
2 21
3 19
4 23
5 18
6 16
7 20
8 18
9 22
10 20
11 15
12 22
13

Sales forecast for the 13th week -


MSE
Sales (Y) (in thousands
Year (t) of bicycles) (Create a scatter chart and identify the components of the time series)
1 21.6
2 22.9
3 25.5
4 21.9
5 23.9
6 27.5
7 31.5
8 29.7
9 28.6
10 31.4
of the time series)
t Y Trend Projection Forecast [Ft=20.4+1.1t] et^2
1 21.6 4.0
2 22.9
3 25.5
4 21.9
5 23.9
6 27.5
7 31.5
8 29.7
9 28.6
10 31.4
11

b1 b0 11th year sales forecast -


MSE
Period Year Quarter Sales Graphical presentation of the TV sales
1 1 1 4.8
2 2 4.1
3 3 6
4 4 6.5
5 2 1 5.8
6 2 5.2
7 3 6.8
8 4 7.4
9 3 1 6
10 2 5.6
11 3 7.5
12 4 7.8
13 4 1 6.3
14 2 5.9
15 3 8
16 4 8.4
Year Quarter Q1 Q2 Q3 Period Sales
1 1 1 4.8
2 2 4.1
3 3 6
4 4 6.5
2 1 5 5.8
2 6 5.2
3 7 6.8
4 8 7.4
3 1 9 6
2 10 5.6
3 11 7.5
4 12 7.8
4 1 13 6.3
2 14 5.9
3 15 8
4 16 8.4

b4 b3 b2 b1 b0

Year Quarter Q1 Q2 Q3 Period Sales


5 1 17
2 18
3 19
4 20

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