Question: For Simple Moving Average, use the previous 3 periods. For Weighted Moving Average, use weights of 0.6, 0.3, and 0.1 for the previous 3 periods.

For Simple Moving Average, use the previous 3 periods.

For Weighted Moving Average, use weights of 0.6, 0.3, and 0.1 for the previous 3 periods.

For Exponential Smoothing, use smoothing constant alpha = 0.4 and assume the forecast for Dec. 2014 to be 9,500.

The spreadsheet template is set up for a 24 month period encompassing 2015-2016. Your deliverable is to populate the empty cells and upload the completed spreadsheet to Canvas. Do not worry about answering the questions shown on page 230.

For Simple Moving Average, use the previous 3

CASE 7.1 - TIRES FOR YOU Simple Moving Average Error AD Weighted Moving Average Error AD Exponential Smoothing Error AD FC APE FC APE FC APE 9,500 Period 2014-10 2014-11 2014-12 2015-01 2015-02 2015-03 2015-04 2015-05 2015-06 2015-07 2015-08 2015-09 2015-10 2015-11 2015-12 2016-01 2016-02 2016-03 2016-04 2016-05 2016-06 2016-07 2016-08 2016-09 2016-10 2016-11 2016-12 24 mo. Total MAD MAPE Actual 9,797 11,134 10,687 9,724 8,786 9,254 10,691 9,256 8,700 10,192 10,751) 9,724 10,193 11,599 11,1301 10,696 9,665 10,179 11,760 9,150 9,571 8,375 11,826 10,696 11,212 9,750 9,380

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