Question: PLEASE ANSWER THE BLANKS FOR PART B AND C. DO NOT ANSWER WHAT I HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED The monthly sales for Yazici Batteries, Inc., were

PLEASE ANSWER THE BLANKS FOR PART B AND C. DO NOTPLEASE ANSWER THE BLANKS FOR PART B AND C. DO NOT ANSWER WHAT I HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED

The monthly sales for Yazici Batteries, Inc., were as follows: Jul 17 Nov 23 Dec 23 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Aug Sept Oct Sales 20 21 17 12 15 16 18 20 20 This exercise contains only parts b and C. b) The forecast for the next month (Jan) using the naive method = 23 sales (round your response to a whole number). The forecast for the next period (Jan) using a 3-month moving average approach = 22 sales (round your response to two decimal places). The forecast for the next period (Jan) using a 6-month weighted average with weights of 0.10, 0.10, 0.10,0.20, 0.20, and 0.30, where the heaviest weights are applied to the most recent month = 6 sales (round your response to one decimal place). Using exponential smoothing with a = 0.40 and a September forecast of 21.00, the forecast for the next period (Jan) = sales (round your response to two decimal places). Using a method of trend projection, the forecast for the next month (Jan) = sales (round your response to two decimal places). c) The method that can be used for making a forecast for the month of March is a 3-month moving average a 6-month weighted moving average exponential smoothing the naive method a trend projection

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