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A local restaurant has recorded the demand for bottled water in each of the last 15 months of business

Accounting Dec 08, 2020

A local restaurant has recorded the demand for bottled water in each of the last 15 months of business. Use the recorded demand data below to develop three-period and four-period moving-average forecasts for bottles of water.

 

Period Demand Period Demand Period Demand
1 925 6 890 11 870
2 910 7 960 12 860
3 905 8 895 13 900
4 850 9 910 14 920
5 860 10 905 15 950

(Weights are t = 0.3, t-1 = 0.2, t-2 = 0.3 and t-3 = 0.2)

What is the MAPE for the three-period weighted moving average forecast as of period 15?

Expert Solution

Period Demand Forecast-three period moving average Absolute percentage error Forecast-four period moving average
1 925      
2 910      
3 905      
4 850 917 7.88  
5 860 902 4.88 901
6 890 878.5 1.29 881
7 960 858 10.63 877.5
8 895 882 1.45 886
9 910 918.5 0.93 903
10 905 929 2.65 909.5
11 870 902 3.68 921
12 860 904 5.12 896
13 900 886.5 1.50 887
14 920 869 5.54 883.5
15 950 882 7.16 887
      52.72  

 

Three period moving average:

Ft =(0.5 × Dt − 1) + (0.4 × Dt − 2) + (0.1 × Dt − 3)Ft =(0.5 × Dt − 1) + (0.4 × Dt − 2) + (0.1 × Dt − 3)

 

Mean absolute percentage error = Sum of absolute percentage errors12Mean absolute percentage error = 52.7212Mean absolute percentage error = 4.393%Mean absolute percentage error = Sum of absolute percentage errors12Mean absolute percentage error = 52.7212Mean absolute percentage error = 4.393%

 

Four period moving average:

Ft = (0.3 × Dt − 1) + (0.2 × Dt − 2) + (0.3 × Dt − 3) + (0.2 × Dt − 4)

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