Great Bodies Inc. (GBI) manufactures and distributes exercise equipment sold at major retailers. Production planners are in the process of putting together a Master Production schedule for the upcoming year. GBI supports retailers by running commercials on cable sports outlets during the 3rd and 4th quarter of the year. Monthly unit demand along with the number of ads run is provided for the last 5 years. The budgeted number of ads for next year is also provided. Based on this data prepare a forecast of shipments for the next 12 months. Document your forecast both numerically and graphically. Explain the process you used to develop your forecast. Include any supporting data on the spreadsheet.
Month Ads Shipments
Next Year's Ad
Budget
1 Jan 0 32,000 Jan
0
2 Feb 0 37,730
Feb 0
3 March 0 39,550
March 0
4 April 0 32,330
April 0
5 May 0 42,250 May
0
6 Jun 0 47,820 Jun
0
7 July 0 47,930
July 0
8 August 75 47,360
August 70
9 Sep 50 52,500 Sep
85
10 Oct 50 68,580
Oct 105
11 Nov 75 77,790
Nov 125
12 Dec 100 80,270
Dec 125
13 Jan 0 37,640
14 Feb 0 39,400
15 March 0 43,540
16 April 0 38,020
17 May 0 53,760
18 Jun 0 48,610
19 July 0 50,930
20 August 75 58,500
21 Sep 55 60,290
22 Oct 80 65,110
23 Nov 75 81,170
24 Dec 100 81,510
25 Jan 0 38,370
26 Feb 0 48,280
27 March 0 29,720
28 April 0 42,570
29 May 0 61,990
30 Jun 0 46,620
31 July 0 51,750
32 August 75 52,430
33 Sep 80 61,650
34 Oct 90 74,360
35 Nov 110 89,090
36 Dec 110 85,400
37 Jan 0 41,700
38 Feb 0 42,750
39 March 0 43,000
40 April 0 44,910
41 May 0 54,270
42 Jun 0 51,050
43 July 0 55,110
44 August 75 64,410
45 Sep 80 64,130
46 Oct 95 76,270
47 Nov 115 97,430
48 Dec 115 97,090
49 Jan 0 46,040
50 Feb 0 43,490
51 March 0 40,660
52 April 0 40,990
53 May 0 54,740
54 Jun 0 54,930
55 July 0 53,430
56 August 75 62,140
57 Sep 95 66,030
58 Oct 100 87,250
59 Nov 120 101,530
60 Dec 120 96,570
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