Question: 2. The historical demand data for the Soh Soh brand of Bread produced by the Ah Wah Bread Company is given in Table 3. Month

2. The historical demand data for the Soh Soh brand of Bread produced by the Ah Wah Bread Company is given in Table 3. Month Nov. 95 Dec. 95 Jan. 96 Feb. 96 Mar. 96 Apr. 96 Demand for Soh Soh Bread (in no. of loaves) 55,234 62,921 58,396 54, 397 53,321 55,401 Table 3: Historical demand data for Soh Soh bread Required (a) Using a 3-month moving average method, determine the demand forecast for the months of February, March and April 1996. (b) Using a 3-month weighted moving average method (with identical weights for the earlier months and double the weight for the most recent month), determine the demand forecast for the months of February, March and April 1996. (c) Which of the forecast [determined in parts (a) and (b)] is better? Why
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