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YOPMAN - PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (WITH LABORATORY)

Approaches to Forecasting
I. Forecasting Exponential Smoothing
Sample Problem:

Perform exponential smoothing technique with alpha = 0.10, and compute for MAD, MSE, and MAPE

Period Demand Forecast Absolute Error Error2 (Absolute Error / AD)*100


January 300
February 356
March 387
April 381
May 347
June 352
July
Total
MAD
MSE
MAPE

Answer:

Period Demand Forecast Absolute Error Error2 (Absolute Error / AD)*100


January 300
February 356 300 56 3,136 15.73%
March 387 305.60 81.40 6,625.96 21.03%
April 381 313.74 67.26 4,523.91 17.65%
May 347 320.47 26.53 703.84 7.65%
June 352 323.12 28.88 834.05 8.20%
July 326.01
Total
MAD 52.01
MSE 3,164.75
MAPE 14.05

Solution:

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YOPMAN - PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (WITH LABORATORY)
Approaches to Forecasting
II. Moving Average
Problem:

Perform a 3-month moving average technique, compute for MAD, MSE, and MAPE

Period Demand Forecast Absolute Error Error2 (Absolute Error / AD)*100


January 300
February 356
March 387
April 381
May 347
June 352
July
Total
MAD
MSE
MAPE

Answer:

Period Demand Forecast Absolute Error Error2 (Absolute Error / AD)*100


January 300
February 356
March 387
April 381 347.67 33.33 1,110.89 8.75%
May 347 374.67 27.67 765.63 7.97%
June 352 371.67 19.67 386.91 5.59%
July 360
Total 80.67 2,263.43 22.31%
MAD 26.89
MSE 754.48
MAPE 7.44%

Solution:

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YOPMAN - PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (WITH LABORATORY)
Approaches to Forecasting
III. Forecasting Time Series Regression
Problem:

Period x Actual Demand xy x2


January 300
February 356
March 387
April 381
May 347
June 352
Total

1) What is the intercept (a-intercept)?


2) What is the slope (b)?
3) What is the forecasting equation?
4) What is the forecast for September

Answer:

Period x Actual Demand xy x2


January 1 300 300 1
February 2 356 712 4
March 3 387 1,161 9
April 4 381 1,524 16
May 5 347 1,735 25
June 6 352 2,112 36
Total 21 2,123 7,544 91

1) What is the intercept (a-intercept)? 331.12


2) What is the slope (b)? 6.49
3) What is the forecasting equation? Y = 331.12+6.49x
4) What is the forecast for September 389.53

Solution:

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