RISK: EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING FORECASTING AND VALUE OF INFORMATION Risk: Simple Exponential Smoothing (SES) Assignment Overview Scenario: You are a consultant for the Excellent Consulting Group (ECG). You have completed the first assignment, developing and
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Example
| | | | | Alpha | | | | | Alpha |
| | | | | 0.25 | | | | | 0.85 |
| | Mo | Sales, Y(t) | | F(t) | Y(t) - F(t) | PE | APE | | F(t) | Y(t) - F(t) | PE | APE |
| 1356 | 1 | 1798 | | 1798 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | | 1798 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 1225 | 2 | 1466 | | 1798.0 | -332.0 | -0.226 | 0.226 | | 1798.0 | -332.0 | -0.226 | 0.226 |
| 1006 | 3 | 1118 | | 1715.0 | -597.0 | -0.534 | 0.534 | | 1515.8 | -397.8 | -0.356 | 0.356 |
| 1132 | 4 | 1272 | | 1565.8 | -293.8 | -0.231 | 0.231 | | 1177.7 | 94.3 | 0.074 | 0.074 |
| 1090 | 5 | 1095 | | 1492.3 | -397.3 | -0.363 | 0.363 | | 1257.9 | -162.9 | -0.149 | 0.149 |
| 1722 | 6 | 1430 | | 1393.0 | 37.0 | 0.026 | 0.026 | | 1119.4 | 310.6 | 0.217 | 0.217 |
| 1602 | 7 | 1277 | | 1402.2 | -125.2 | -0.098 | 0.098 | | 1383.4 | -106.4 | -0.083 | 0.083 |
| 1709 | 8 | 1751 | | 1370.9 | 380.1 | 0.217 | 0.217 | | 1293.0 | 458.0 | 0.262 | 0.262 |
| 1547 | 9 | 1962 | | 1465.9 | 496.1 | 0.253 | 0.253 | | 1682.3 | 279.7 | 0.143 | 0.143 |
| 1227 | 10 | 1620 | | 1590.0 | 30.0 | 0.019 | 0.019 | | 1920.0 | -300.0 | -0.185 | 0.185 |
| 1308 | 11 | 1422 | | 1597.5 | -175.5 | -0.123 | 0.123 | | 1665.0 | -243.0 | -0.171 | 0.171 |
| 1536 | 12 | 1948 | | 1553.6 | 394.4 | 0.202 | 0.202 | | 1458.5 | 489.5 | 0.251 | 0.251 |
| | | 1513.25 | | | -48.6 | -0.072 | 0.1910 | | | 7.5 | -0.019 | 0.1764 |
| | | | | | ME | MPE | MAPE | | | ME | MPE | MAPE |
Practice Problem
| | | | | Alpha | | | | | Alpha |
| | | | | 0.15 | | | | | 0.9 |
| | Mo | Sales, Y(t) | | F(t) | Y(t) - F(t) | PE | APE | | F(t) | Y(t) - F(t) | PE | APE |
| | 1 | 525 | | 525 | | | | | 525 |
| | 2 | 293 |
| | 3 | 256 |
| | 4 | 425 |
| | 5 | 753 |
| | 6 | 596 |
| | 7 | 391 |
| | 8 | 563 |
| | 9 | 571 |
| | 10 | 633 |
| | 11 | 653 |
| | 12 | 811 |
| | | 539.1666666667 |
| | | | | | ME | MPE | MAPE | | | ME | MPE | MAPE |
Practice Problem-Solution
| | | | | Alpha | | | | | Alpha |
| | | | | 0.15 | | | | | 0.9 |
| | Mo | Sales, Y(t) | | F(t) | Y(t) - F(t) | PE | APE | | F(t) | Y(t) - F(t) | PE | APE |
| | 1 | 525 | | 525 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | | 525 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| | 2 | 293 | | 525.0 | -232.0 | -0.792 | 0.792 | | 525.0 | -232.0 | -0.792 | 0.792 |
| | 3 | 256 | | 490.2 | -234.2 | -0.915 | 0.915 | | 316.2 | -60.2 | -0.235 | 0.235 |
| | 4 | 425 | | 455.1 | -30.1 | -0.071 | 0.071 | | 262.0 | 163.0 | 0.383 | 0.383 |
| | 5 | 753 | | 450.6 | 302.4 | 0.402 | 0.402 | | 408.7 | 344.3 | 0.457 | 0.457 |
| | 6 | 596 | | 495.9 | 100.1 | 0.168 | 0.168 | | 718.6 | -122.6 | -0.206 | 0.206 |
| | 7 | 391 | | 510.9 | -119.9 | -0.307 | 0.307 | | 608.3 | -217.3 | -0.556 | 0.556 |
| | 8 | 563 | | 492.9 | 70.1 | 0.124 | 0.124 | | 412.7 | 150.3 | 0.267 | 0.267 |
| | 9 | 571 | | 503.5 | 67.5 | 0.118 | 0.118 | | 548.0 | 23.0 | 0.040 | 0.040 |
| | 10 | 633 | | 513.6 | 119.4 | 0.189 | 0.189 | | 568.7 | 64.3 | 0.102 | 0.102 |
| | 11 | 653 | | 531.5 | 121.5 | 0.186 | 0.186 | | 626.6 | 26.4 | 0.040 | 0.040 |
| | 12 | 811 | | 549.7 | 261.3 | 0.322 | 0.322 | | 650.4 | 160.6 | 0.198 | 0.198 |
| | | 539.1666666667 | | | 35.5 | -0.048 | 0.2994 | | | 25.0 | -0.025 | 0.2730 |
| | | | | | ME | MPE | MAPE | | | ME | MPE | MAPE |