You have become concerned about the amount of copier paper used in your office after repeatedly running
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You have become concerned about the amount of copier paper used in your office after repeatedly running out of supplies. Your assistant keeps track of the number of reams (packages of 500 sheets) for 24 weeks:
a. Compare the effectiveness of two-week, four-week, and six-week moving averages. Which should you use to forecast copier paper use during the next week?
b. Compare the performance of the simple exponential smoothing model with smoothing constants of 0.01, 0.05, and 0.25. Assume a forecast for Week 1 of 230 reams. Which constant worked best?
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Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain
ISBN: 978-0078024030
2nd edition
Authors: Morgan Swink, Steven Melnyk, Bixby Cooper, Janet Hartley
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