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Worksheet Difficulty: 3 Hard
Problem 330 Learning Objective: 0315
Construct control charts and use
them to monitor forecast errors.
30. Award: 10.00 points
Problem 3-31
A textbook publishing company has compiled data on total annual sales of its business texts for the preceding nine years:
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sales (000): 40.20 44.50 48.00 52.30 55.80 57.10 62.40 69.00 73.70
a. Using an appropriate model, forecast textbook sales for each of the next five years. (Round your intermediate calculations to 3 decimal places and
final answers to 2 decimal places.)
Year 10 11 12 13 14
Forecast 75.98 ± 0.05 80.00 ± 0.05 84.02 ± 0.05 88.04 ± 0.05 92.05 ± 0.05
b. Compute +/ 2s control limits for the control chart for forecast errors using just data from the original nine periods. (Round your intermediate
calculations to 4 decimal places and final answer to 2 decimal places.)
Control limits are 0 ± 2.75 ± 0.10
c. Suppose actual sales for the next five years turn out as follows:
Year 10 11 12 13 14
Sales (000): 77.20 82.10 87.80 90.60 98.90
Is the forecast performing adequately?
Yes
No
Explanation:
a.
yt = 35.797 + 4.018t
Year 10 11 12 13 14
Forecast 75.98 80.00 84.02 88.04 92.05
b.
MSE = 15.15/8 = 1.8938, so s = = 1.376. Control limits are 0 ± 2(1.376) = 0 ± 2.75.
c.
Year Sales Forecast Error
10 77.2 75.98 1.22
11 82.1 80.00 2.10
12 87.8 84.01 3.79
13 90.6 88.03 2.57
14 98.9 92.05 6.85
The forecast is not in control; two of the last 5 points are outside of the limits. In an actual situation, the error in year 12 would have triggered an examination
of forecast performance.
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Worksheet Difficulty: 2 Medium
Problem 331 Learning Objective: 0315
Construct control charts and use
them to monitor forecast errors.
31. Award: 10.00 points
Problem 3-32
A manager has just received an evaluation from an analyst on two potential forecasting alternatives. The analyst is indifferent between the two alternatives,
saying that they should be equally effective.
Period: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Data: 37 39 37 39 45 49 47 49 51 54
Alt. 1: 36 38 40 42 46 46 46 48 52 55
Alt. 2: 36 37 38 38 41 52 47 48 52 53
Calculate MAD and MSE for each method. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
MAD1 1.60 ± 0.05
MAD2 1.50 ± 0.05
MSE1 3.78 ± 0.05
MSE2 3.89 ± 0.05
Explanation:
Period Actual Forecast 1 Forecast 2 error 1 error 2 e12 e22 |e1| |e2|
1 37 36 36 +1 +1 1 1 1 1
2 39 38 37 +1 +2 1 4 1 2
3 37 40 38 –3 –1 9 1 3 1
4 39 42 38 –3 +1 9 1 3 1
5 45 46 41 –1 +4 1 16 1 4
6 49 46 52 +3 –3 9 9 3 3
7 47 46 47 1 0 1 0 1 0
8 49 48 48 1 +1 1 1 1 1
9 51 52 52 –1 –1 1 1 1 1
10 54 55 53 –1 +1 1 1 1 1
Total –2 +5 34 35 16 15
MSE1 = 34
= 3.78
9
MSE2 = 35
= 3.89
9
MAD1 = 16
= 1.6
10
MAD2 = 15
= 1.5
10
Both forecasting methods have MADs that are approximately equal (MAD1 = 1.6, MAD2 = 1.5), and MSEs that are also approximately equal (MSE1 = 3.78,
MSE2 = 3.89).
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Problem 332 Learning Objective: 0315
Construct control charts and use
them to monitor forecast errors.
32. Award: 10.00 points
Problem 3-33
A manager uses this equation to predict demand for landscaping services: Ft = 10 + 5t. Over the past eight periods, demand has been as follows:
Period, t: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Demand: 15 21 23 30 32 38 42 47
Compute the tracking signals for Periods 18. (Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate and final answers to 3
decimal places.)
Period, t Tracking signal
1 0 ± 0.010
2 2 ± 0.010
3 1 ± 0.010
4 1.333 ± 0.010
5 3.333 ± 0.010
6 4.501 ± 0.010
7 5.729 ± 0.010
8 6.857 ± 0.010
Explanation:
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Problem 333 Learning Objective: 0315
Construct control charts and use
them to monitor forecast errors.
33. Award: 10.00 points
Problem 3-34
A manager uses a trend equation plus quarterly relatives to predict demand. Quarter relatives are SR1 = 0.90, SR2 = 0.95, SR3 = 1.05, and SR4 = 1.10. The
trend equation is: Ft = 10 + 5t. Over the past nine quarters, demand has been as follows:
Period, t: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Demand: 14 20 24 31 31 37 43 48 52
Compute the MAD and tracking signal for each period. (Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations
and final answers to 3 decimal places.)
Period, t Demand MAD Tracking Signal
1 14 0.500 ± 0.05 1.000 ± 0.05
2 20 0.750 ± 0.05 2.000 ± 0.05
3 24 1.250 ± 0.05 0.600 ± 0.05
4 31 1.438 ± 0.05 1.912 ± 0.05
5 31 1.250 ± 0.05 2.600 ± 0.05
6 37 1.208 ± 0.05 3.518 ± 0.05
7 43 1.643 ± 0.05 5.173 ± 0.05
8 48 2.313 ± 0.05 6.701 ± 0.05
9 52 2.333 ± 0.05 5.572 ± 0.05
Explanation:
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