Question: A manager is using the equation given below to forecast quarterly demand for a product:
Yt = 6,000 + 80t where t = 0 at Q2 of last year Quarter relatives are Q1 = .6, Q2 = 0.9, Q3 = 1.3, and Q4 = 1.2.
Determine what forecasts are appropriate for the last quarter of this year and the first quarter of next year?