Given the following data for demand at the XYZ Company, calculate the monthly forecast using a 4-month moving average. Calculate the  Bias and the TS (tracking signal) .    Period Demand Forecast Error MAD Bias TS 2-Oct 2020 850           2-Nov 2020 950           2-Dec 2020 900           2-Jan 2021 1000           2-Feb 2021 950           2-Mar 2021 1050           2-Apr 2021 850           2-May 2021 800           2-June 2021 900           2-July 2021 1000

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Given the following data for demand at the XYZ Company, calculate the monthly forecast using a 4-month moving average. Calculate the  Bias and the TS (tracking signal) .

  

Period

Demand

Forecast

Error

MAD

Bias

TS

2-Oct 2020

850

 

 

 

 

 

2-Nov 2020

950

 

 

 

 

 

2-Dec 2020

900

 

 

 

 

 

2-Jan 2021

1000

 

 

 

 

 

2-Feb 2021

950

 

 

 

 

 

2-Mar 2021

1050

 

 

 

 

 

2-Apr 2021

850

         

2-May 2021

800

 

 

 

 

 

2-June 2021

900

 

 

 

 

 

2-July 2021

1000

 

 

 

 

 

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