Question: 3 . ( ( 1 5 + 2 + 3 ) ) Continuing from the problem # 2 Spools'R'Us Manufacturing company produces

3.\((15+2+3)\) Continuing from the problem \# 2 Spools'R'Us Manufacturing company produces different types of spools. Demands for bob spools (in \(10^{3}\) units) over the last 6 months (2024) are as follows:
Based on the nature of the values determined as the trend values in the adjusted exponential smoothing technique for forecasting in problem-2, the industrial engineer of Spools'R'Us decided to use linear trend technique for forecasting.
a) Was he/she correct on the decision for utilizing the linear trend forecasting technique for this set of historical sales values? Justify your answer with references from problem-2.
b) Referencing from your work from part: a, is it possible to forecast for the month of November 2024?
c) Continuing from part-b, if your answer is "yes", then forecast for the month of November 2024. If your answer is "no", then forecast for the month of November 2024 using any appropriate technique discussed during the class.
Note: This manufacturing company uses percentage deviation (MAPD) as a tool for justifying and utilizing a specific technique and a set of parameters.
 3.\((15+2+3)\) Continuing from the problem \# 2 Spools'R'Us Manufacturing company produces

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