Question: Dan's Pet Empurrium needs your help (yet again). Dan is currently planning for the future and production of his wonderful cat hammocks but is unprepared

Dan's Pet Empurrium needs your help (yet again). Dan is currently planning for the future and production of his wonderful cat hammocks but is unprepared for how many he needs to make. Determine the upcoming demand for Summer 2021 for cat hammocks. Use exponential smoothing with an alpha = 0.38. Round to the nearest unit of demand. Prior realized demand is in the table below:

Year Season Demand
2019 Spring 194
2019 Summer 251
2019 Fall 120
2019 Winter 635
2020 Spring 481
2020 Summer 309
2020 Fall 504
2020 Winter 193
2021 Spring 673
2021 Summer ???

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