Operations management discussion
Table 1
| Cutting Board | Small Bowl | Large Bowl | Drying Racks | |
| Month | Actual Sales Last Year | Actual Sales Last Year | Actual Sales Last Year | Actual Sales Last Year |
| Dec | 85 | 94 | 49 | 200 |
| Jan | 49 | 73 | 14 | 209 |
| Feb | 21 | 75 | 13 | 222 |
| Mar | 20 | 212 | 37 | 208 |
| Apr | 41 | 172 | 35 | 223 |
| May | 97 | 89 | 10 | 197 |
| Jun | 94 | 233 | 18 | 197 |
| Jul | 38 | 66 | 35 | 212 |
| Aug | 33 | 60 | 30 | 164 |
| Sep | 17 | 222 | 38 | 175 |
| Oct | 57 | 55 | 39 | 153 |
| Nov | 84 | 72 | 13 | 225 |
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| Alpha | 0.35 | |||||||
| Forecast for Cutting Board | ||||||||
| Month | Actual Sales Last Year | Naïve | 3PMA | 3PWMA | Exp | Weighting | ||
| Dec | 85 | Most recent | 0.6 | |||||
| Jan | 49 | 85 | 85 | 2nd month back | 0.3 | |||
| Feb | 21 | 49 | 72 | 3rd month back | 0.1 | |||
| Mar | 20 | 21 | 52 | 36 | 54 | |||
| Apr | 41 | 20 | 30 | 23 | 42 | |||
| May | 97 | 41 | 27 | 33 | 42 | |||
| Jun | 94 | 97 | 53 | 73 | 61 | |||
| Jul | 38 | 94 | 77 | 90 | 73 | |||
| Aug | 33 | 38 | 76 | 61 | 61 | |||
| Sep | 17 | 33 | 55 | 41 | 51 | |||
| Oct | 57 | 17 | 29 | 24 | 39 | |||
| Nov | 84 | 57 | 36 | 43 | 45 | |||
| Alpha | 0.32 | |||||||
| Forecast for Small Bowl | ||||||||
| Month | Actual Sales Last Year | Naïve | 3PMA | 3PWMA | Exp | |||
| Dec | 94 | |||||||
| Jan | 73 | 94 | 94 | |||||
| Feb | 75 | 73 | 87 | |||||
| Mar | 212 | 75 | 81 | 76 | 83 | |||
| Apr | 172 | 212 | 120 | 157 | 128 | |||
| May | 89 | 172 | 153 | 174 | 143 | |||
| Jun | 233 | 89 | 158 | 126 | 124 | |||
| Jul | 66 | 233 | 165 | 184 | 162 | |||
| Aug | 60 | 66 | 129 | 118 | 129 | |||
| Sep | 222 | 60 | 120 | 79 | 105 | |||
| Oct | 55 | 222 | 116 | 158 | 146 | |||
| Nov | 72 | 55 | 112 | 106 | 114 | |||
| Alpha | 0.3 | |||||||
| Forecast for Large Bowl | ||||||||
| Month | Actual Sales Last Year | Naïve | 3PMA | 3PWMA | Exp | |||
| Dec | 49 | |||||||
| Jan | 14 | 49 | 49 | |||||
| Feb | 13 | 14 | 39 | |||||
| Mar | 37 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 30 | |||
| Apr | 35 | 37 | 21 | 28 | 32 | |||
| May | 10 | 35 | 28 | 33 | 33 | |||
| Jun | 18 | 10 | 27 | 20 | 25 | |||
| Jul | 35 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 23 | |||
| Aug | 30 | 35 | 21 | 27 | 27 | |||
| Sep | 38 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 28 | |||
| Oct | 39 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 32 | |||
| Nov | 13 | 39 | 36 | 38 | 34 | |||
| Alpha | 0.4 | |||||||
| Forecast for Drying Racks | ||||||||
| Month | Actual Sales Last Year | Naïve | 3PMA | 3PWMA | Exp | |||
| Dec | 200 | |||||||
| Jan | 209 | 200 | 200 | |||||
| Feb | 222 | 209 | 204 | |||||
| Mar | 208 | 222 | 210 | 216 | 210 | |||
| Apr | 223 | 208 | 213 | 212 | 209 | |||
| May | 197 | 223 | 218 | 218 | 214 | |||
| Jun | 197 | 197 | 209 | 206 | 208 | |||
| Jul | 212 | 197 | 206 | 200 | 204 | |||
| Aug | 164 | 212 | 202 | 206 | 207 | |||
| Sep | 175 | 164 | 191 | 182 | 192 | |||
| Oct | 153 | 175 | 184 | 175 | 186 | |||
| Nov | 225 | 153 | 164 | 161 | 174 |