Question: Your manager is trying to determine what forecasting method to use. Based on the following historical data, calculate the following forecast, and specify what procedure

Your manager is trying to determine what forecasting method to use. Based on the following historical data, calculate the following forecast, and specify what procedure you would use.
\table[[Month,Actual Demand],[1,62],[2,65],[3,67],[4,68],[5,71],[6,73],[7,76],[8,78],[9,78],[10,80],[11,84],[12,85]]
Calculate the simple exponential smoothing forecast for periods 2-12 using an initial forecast (F1) of 61 and an alpha () of 0.30. Place answers in the table. (Round all calculations to 3 decimal places)(12 pts)
\table[[Month,Simple Exponential Smoothing Forecast],[2,],[3,],[4,],[5,],[6,],[7,],[8,],[9,],[10,],[11,],[12,]]
 Your manager is trying to determine what forecasting method to use.

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