FORECASTING FORECASTING The Role of the Manager Planning Organizing Staffing Leading Controlling Future ? Data Information • Short-range • Medium-range • Long-range Features Common to All Forecasts Forecasting techniques generally assume that same underlying causal system that existed in the past will continue to exist in the future. Forecasts are rarely perfect. Forecasts for groups of items tend to be more accurate than forecasts for individual items. Forecast
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Forecasting Why forecast? Features Common to all Forecasts • Conditions in the past will continue in the future • Rarely perfect • Forecasts for groups tend to be more accurate than forecasts for individuals • Forecast accuracy declines as time horizon increases Elements of a Good Forecast • Timely • Accurate • Reliable (should work consistently) • Forecast expressed in meaningful units • Communicated in writing • Simple to understand and use Steps in Forecasting Process
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investigate different business forecasting methods‚ and demonstrate the benefits of their use for a specific organization. We have learned that demand forecasting invokes the processes of determining exactly what service/products are needed‚ in what quantity‚ and in what amount of time. Organizations that are able to implement effective forecasting will be better equipped to find the balance between managing demand for a product/service and the capacity to meet this demand. The ability of optimizing
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Making Decisions Based on Demand and forecasting Domino’s Pizza Assignment 1 Professor : COURSE NAME: ECO 550: Managerial Economics and Globalization October 27‚ 2012 Assignment 1: Making Decisions Based on Demand and Forecasting 1. Report the demographic and independent variables that are relevant to complete a demand analysis providing a rationale for the selection of the variables. According to bundle website (2012)‚ business
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Forecasting Cassandra Harris HSM/260 5/3/2015 Cynthia Cucuzza Forecasting Exercise 9.1 The following data represent total personnel expenses for the Palmdale Human Service Agency for past four fiscal years: 20 X 1 = $5‚250‚000 20 X 2 = $5‚500‚000 20 X 3 = $6‚000‚000 20 X 4 = $6‚750‚000 Forecast personnel expenses for fiscal year 20X5 using moving averages weighted moving averages‚ exponential smoothing‚ and time series regression. For moving averages and weighted moving averages‚ use only the data
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increase of 10% in income. Then the income elasticity of demand would be‚ Ey= (20%)/(10%)=2 The amount which the quantity demanded for a good change in response to a change in income depends on the type of goods. We can distinguish the types of goods as following‚ Normal goods - Ey > 0 – positive YED Luxury goods - Ey > 1 Necessities - 0 < Ey < 1 Inferior products - Ey < 0 – negative YED Let’s see how the income elasticity of demand deviates for normal goods and inferior products‚ Normal Goods
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Case Study #5: Demand Intercity Professionals Presented by: Sameer Wagherkar I Major Facts: DIP is a major telecommunications company‚ providing services across several major cities. DIP has received large number of customer complaints regarding improper charges on phone bills. DIP COO has authorized a project to review existing billing system and develop a new system with better efficiency. DIP COO wants to bring in an external management consultant to work on this project. DIP Project Manager
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Supply and Demand Simulation ECO/365 July 27‚ 2013 * In this case there were many examples of microeconomics‚ primarily the demand for two bedroom apartments and condominiums. The impacts and decisions that Goodlife made in response to the people’s demand is an example of microeconomics. Micro looks specifically on how a company can increase their profit to remain competitive in the market. The changes in supply and demand when another company came into Atlantis and when the government
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H. Wayne Huizenga Graduate School of Business and Entrepreneurship Nova Southeastern University Assignment for Course: QNT5040 – Business Modeling Submitted to: Submitted by: BASS Date of Submission: Title of Assignment: Electric Fan Case - Forecasting CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: We certify that we the authors of this paper. Any assistance we received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. We have also cited any sources from which we used data‚ ideas or words
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CASE STUDY Forecasting Attendance at SWU Football Games Forecasting Attendance at SWU Football Games Southwestern University (SWU)‚ a large state college in Stephenville‚ Texas‚ 30 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex‚ enrolls close to 20‚000 students. In a typical town–gown relationship‚ the school is a dominant force in the small city‚ with more students during fall and spring than permanent residents. A longtime football powerhouse‚ SWU is a member of the Big Eleven
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