Question: The quarterly sales data for a gift item over the past three years are as follows. Calculate the Quarterly Centered Moving Average and the average

The quarterly sales data for a gift item over the past three years are as follows.

  1. Calculate the Quarterly Centered Moving Average and the average seasonal index for each quarter.

    Centered

    Unadjusted

    Moving

    Seasonal

    Period

    Sales

    Average

    Index

    Average

    Year 1

    Quarter 1

    7320

    Seasonal

    Quarter 2

    5230

    Period

    Index

    Quarter 3

    3380

    Quarter 1

    Quarter 4

    1280

    Quarter 2

    Year 2

    Quarter 1

    7640

    Quarter 3

    Quarter 2

    6230

    Quarter 4

    Quarter 3

    3230

    Quarter 4

    1340

    Year 3

    Quarter 1

    7380

    Quarter 2

    4720

    Quarter 3

    3700

    Quarter 4

    1650

    What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 4 of Year 1?

QUESTION 27

  1. What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 2 of Year 2?

QUESTION 28

  1. What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 3 of Year 2?

QUESTION 29

  1. What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 4 of Year 2?

QUESTION 30

  1. What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 1 of Year 3?

QUESTION 31

  1. What is the Centered Moving Average for Quarter 2 of Year 3?

QUESTION 32

  1. What is the average seasonal index for Quarter 1 is (round-off to 3 decimal places)?

QUESTION 33

  1. What is the average seasonal index for Quarter 2 is (round-off to 3 decimal places)?

QUESTION 34

  1. What is the average seasonal index for Quarter 3 is (round-off to 3 decimal places)?

QUESTION 35

  1. What is the average seasonal index for Quarter 4 is (round-off to 3 decimal places)?

QUESTION 36

  1. The number of items sold over a four-month period are:

    month

    1

    2

    3

    4

    sales

    5100

    5500

    5400

    5600

    Calculate the forecasts for the 4th and 5th months using 3-month weighted moving average method with weights of 0.6 for the most recent month and 0.3 for the next to the most recent month. Further, suppose that the exponential smoothing constant =0.5. Then calculate the forecasts for 3rd, 4th and 5th months, using exponential smoothing method.

    Under the 3-month weighted moving average method, what is the forecast for the fourth month?

QUESTION 37

  1. Under the 3-month weighted moving average method, what is the forecast for the fifth month?

QUESTION 38

  1. Under the exponential smoothing method, What is the forecast for the third month?

QUESTION 39

  1. Under the exponential smoothing method, what is the forecast for the fourth month?

QUESTION 40

  1. Under the exponential smoothing method, what is the forecast for the fifth month?

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