Calculate forecast of the demand using period moving average


Problem: The ABC Floral Shop sold the following number of geraniums during the last 2 weeks:

Day    Demand 

1          200

2          134

3          157

4          165

5          177

6          125

7          146

8          150

9          182

10        197

11        136

12        163

13        157

14        169

Develop a spreadsheet to answer the following questions.

Q1. Calculate a forecast of the above demand using a 3- and 5-period moving average.

Q2. Graph these forecasts and the original data using Excel. What does the graph show?

Q3. Which of the above forecasts is best? Why?

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