Question: QUESTION 6 Demand this month for an item was found out to be 3400 units instead of the 2800 units that was predicted by a

QUESTION 6

Demand this month for an item was found out to be 3400 units instead of the 2800 units that was predicted by a forecasting analyst last month. Assuming the forecasting analyst uses the method of exponential smoothing (with a smoothing constant of alpha = 0.6) to generate her forecasts, what would her forecast for next month's demand be?

	A.	3160
	B.	3100
	C.	3040
	D.	3720

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