National Scan, Inc., sells radio frequency inventory tags. Monthly sales for a seven-month period were as follows:
Feb - 18
March - 21
April - 15
May - 23
June - 20
July - 26
August - 23
Forecast September sales volume using each of the following:
1) The Naive Approach
2) A five-month moving average (round 2 places)
3) A weighted average using 0.60 for August, 0.10 for July, and 0.30 for June. (Round 2 places)
4) Exponential smoothing with a smoothing constant equal to 0.15, assuming a March forecast of 16(000). (Round your intermediate forecast values and final answer to 2 decimal places.)
5) A linear trend equation. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.)