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Forecasting Question

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA MA Management Accounting Forums › Forecasting Question

  • This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by queeenshana.
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  • February 5, 2013 at 2:50 pm #114860
    queeenshana
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    A company uses a multiplicative time series model to forecast sales. The trend in sales is linear and is described by the following equation:
    Trend = 400 + 10 T

    Where T = 1 denotes the first quarter of 2010, T = 2 denotes the second quarter of 2010 etc.
    The average seasonal variations are as follows

    Quarter 1 2 3 4
    %Variation -30 +40 +10 -20

    What is the sales forecast for the third quarter of 2011?

    February 9, 2013 at 4:09 pm #116842
    umair778866
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    see its simple… t=1 2010 1/4 a yr has 4 quarters so 3rd quarter of 2011 is probably t=7

    Trend= 400+10T
    trend = 400+(10*7)
    trend = 470

    470’z 10% = 47
    470+47=517

    Hope its correct

    February 11, 2013 at 4:30 pm #117373
    queeenshana
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    Yea its correct, thanks a lot.

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