A company wants to forecast the demand for its product using the exponential smoothing method. The company
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A company wants to forecast the demand for its product using the exponential smoothing method. The company has collected data for the last 12 months, and the demand for each month is given below:
Month | Demand |
---|---|
1 | 550 |
2 | 620 |
3 | 690 |
4 | 680 |
5 | 710 |
6 | 730 |
7 | 760 |
8 | 790 |
9 | 840 |
10 | 860 |
11 | 900 |
12 | 940 |
The company has decided to use an alpha value of 0.3 for the forecast. Calculate the forecast for month 13 using the exponential smoothing method.
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