Question: By using the exponential smoothing with trend adjustment steps, calculate the exponentially smoothed forecast demand for period 6 in the following table. The smoothing constants
By using the exponential smoothing with trend adjustment steps, calculate the exponentially smoothed forecast demand for period 6 in the following table. The smoothing constants are = 0.3 and = 0.3.
| Period | Actual | Exp. Smoothing Forecast | Trend Factor | Forecast including Trend (FIT) |
| 1 | 12 | 11.00 | 0.00 | -- |
| 2 | 15 | 11.30 | 0.09 | 11.39 |
| 3 | 16 | 12.47 | 0.41 | 12.89 |
| 4 | 16 | 13.82 | 0.69 | 14.52 |
| 5 | 18 | 14.96 | 0.83 | 15.79 |
| 6 | 22 | ? |
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