The Holy Smokes Corporation sells altar candles world-wide. Quarterly sales data for the past 5 years are shown on the Q1-4 Time Series tab. Use the Seasonal Index technique shown as Forecasting Methods spreadsheet to answer the following: Predicted Predicted Annual Period Sales ($mil) $5.00 Year Quarter Period Annual Sales Seasonal Quarter AE MPE MAD МАРЕ 2008 1 1 2008 1 2 $3.00 2008 1 3 3 $2.00 2008 1 4 4 $7.00 2009 2 1 $6.00 2009 6. $4.00 2009 2 3 7 $4.00 2009 4 8. $14.00 2010 1. 9 $10.00 2010 10 $3.00 2010 11 $5.00 2010 4 12 $16.00 $12.00 $9.00 2011 4 1 13 2011 2. 14 2011 4 15 $7.00 2011 4 16 $22.00 2012 5 1. 17 $18.00 2012 5 2 18 $10.00

The Holy Smokes Corporation sells altar candles world-wide. Quarterly sales data for the past 5 years are shown on the Q1-4 Time Series tab. Use the Seasonal Index technique shown as Forecasting Methods spreadsheet to answer the following: Predicted Predicted Annual Period Sales ($mil) $5.00 Year Quarter Period Annual Sales Seasonal Quarter AE MPE MAD МАРЕ 2008 1 1 2008 1 2 $3.00 2008 1 3 3 $2.00 2008 1 4 4 $7.00 2009 2 1 $6.00 2009 6. $4.00 2009 2 3 7 $4.00 2009 4 8. $14.00 2010 1. 9 $10.00 2010 10 $3.00 2010 11 $5.00 2010 4 12 $16.00 $12.00 $9.00 2011 4 1 13 2011 2. 14 2011 4 15 $7.00 2011 4 16 $22.00 2012 5 1. 17 $18.00 2012 5 2 18 $10.00

Practical Management Science

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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling

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