MGT 455 WEEK 3 QUESTION 4.1

MGT 455 WEEK 3 QUESTION 4 1

The following gives the number of pints of type B
blood used at Woodlawn Hospital in the past 6 weeks:
WEEK OF PINTS USED
Weeks of			pints used
August 31 			360
September 7 		389
September 14 		410
September 21 		381
September 28 		368
October 5 			374

a) Forecast the demand for the week of October 12 using a
3-week moving average.

b) Use a 3-week weighted moving average, with weights of .1, .3,
and .6, using .6 for the most recent week. Forecast demand for
the week of October 12.

c) Compute the forecast for the week of October 12 using exponential
smoothing with a forecast for August 31 of 360 and a 5 .2. PX

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