A dry cleaner uses exponential smoothing to forecast equipment usage at its main plant. August usage was

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A dry cleaner uses exponential smoothing to forecast equipment usage at its main plant. August usage was forecasted to be 88 percent of capacity; actual usage was 89.6 percent of capacity. A smoothing constant of .1 is used. 

a. Prepare a forecast for September. 

b. Assuming actual September usage of 92 percent, prepare a forecast for October usage.

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Operations Management

ISBN: 978-0078024108

12th edition

Authors: William J Stevenson

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