Production and Operations Management
MGT 455 Module 3: Assignments
Module 3: Topic and Objectives
Forecasting
Module 3: Assignments
Problem 4.27 Mark Cotteleer owns a company that manufactures sailboats. Actual demand for Mark’s sailboats during each season in 2004 through 2007 was as follows:
Year
Season 2004 2005 2006 2007
Winter 1,400 1,200 1,000 900
Spring 1,500 1,400 1,600 1,500
Summer 1,000 2,100 2,000 1,900
Fall 600 750 650 500
Mark has forecasted that annual demand for his sailboats in 2009 will equal 5,600 sailboats. Based on this data and the multiplicative seasonal model, what will the demand level be for Mark’s sailboats in the spring of 2009?
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