Question: PLEASE ANSWER LETTERS A-G please 2. Thomas Tooling manufactures specialty tooling for firms in the paper-making industry. All their products are engineer-to-order and so management

PLEASE ANSWER LETTERS A-G please PLEASE ANSWER LETTERS A-G please 2. Thomas
2. Thomas Tooling manufactures specialty tooling for firms in the paper-making industry. All their products are engineer-to-order and so management never knows exactly what components to purchase for a tool until a customer places an order. However, the company believes that weekly demand for a few components is stable. Component 135.AG is one such item. The last 13 weeks of historical use of component 135. AG is recorded below, Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Demand 125 135 138 140 135 141 135 125 133 145 I 9 10 11 12 13 150 150 145 a. [5 points] Develop a time series plot. 2 b. [5 points) What type of pattern(s) exists in the data? C. (5 points Using nave approach, forecast for week 14. d. [5 points Using 3-period simple moving averago, forecast sales for week 14. e: [5 points] Using 3-period weighted moving average technique, forecast for week 14. Weigh the most recent month 0.6, the second most recent 0.3, and the third 0.1. f. (5 points] Using trend projection, forecast sales for week 14. g. [5 points) Based on MAPE, which of the above techniques is the best one for predicting sales of this product? Explain your

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