QUESTION 19. PART 1-5.

a) The MAD for a forecast developed using exponential smoothing with a=0.30 is _____sales (round your response to two decimal places).

b) Forecasted sales for years 2006 through 2010 using exponential smoothing with a= 0.60 and a starting forecast of 410.00 are ( round your responses to two decimal places):

year: 2006 Forecasted sales: ____

2007 ____

2008 ____

2009 ____

2010 ____

c) The MAD for a forecast developed using exponential smoothing with a= 0.60 is ___ sales (round your response to two decimal places).

D) Forecasted sales for years 2006 through 2010 using exponential smoothing with a= 0.90 and starting forecast of 410.00 are (round your responses to two decimal places):

2006 =

2007=

2008=

2009=

2010=

E) The MAD for a forecast developed using exponential smoothing with a= 0.90 is ____ sales (round your response to two decimal places).

Homework: Chapter 4 Homework Question 19, Problem 4.17 Part 1 of 5 HW Score: 39.44%, 56 of 142 points Points: 0 of 10 Save Sales of Volkswagen's popular Beetle have grown steadily at auto dealerships in Nevada during the past 5 years (see table below) Using exponential smoothing with a smoothing constant (a) of 0.30 and a starting forecast of 410.00, the following sales forecast has been developed Year Sales Forecasted Sales 2005 450 410.00 2006 510 422.00 2007 518 448.40 2008 563 469.28 2009 585 497 40 The MAD for a forecast developed using exponential smoothing with a = 0.30 is sales (round your response to two decimal places)