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need help with the operation management assignment

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assignment has been revised by the instructor so make sure you read the second file revised week5

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is for students to learn how to apply Operations Forecasting.

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Assignment Steps 

Resources: Microsoft® Excel® (Template provided)

Select a business operations dataset from the internet, which can be used for forecasting what the results may be at a future state (monthly [for two years], quarterly [for five years], annually [for 20 years]. (See example in the Template). Use caution in using the template, as some of the cells contain formatted functions for performing calculations. You should only need to enter data into Column A and B only. Review the template and the associated data. This should give you an idea of the types of data you will require, and what the results columns reveal. You are required to provide an APA formatted reference to the location of the source data (Do Not just enter the Web Link). The returned work from previous week’s work, should give you some insight as to what an APA reference should look like.  

Develop a run over a given period, upper limit and lower limit as to confidence in the forecast using Microsoft® Excel®.Template

· Compare and contrast each quadrant of the forecast.

· Evaluate the impact this forecast would have on the firm from a financial metrics standpoint, by writing a 300-word report in which you describe your forecasting project and what it means in terms of favorable or unfavorable forecast and why or why not..

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Forecast

Forecast

Date Speeding Tickets
Jan-15 44,539
Feb-15 39,800
Mar-15 55,918
Apr-15 44,973
May-15 47,100
Jun-15 49,595
Jul-15 49,702
Aug-15 55,066
Sep-15 53,191
Oct-15 53,249
Nov-15 32,971
Dec-15 63,074
Jan-16 65,466 53,367
Feb-16 65,361 57,779
Mar-16 55,958 60,952
Apr-16 53,139 60,918
May-16 63,380 60,106
Jun-16 63,612 61,870
Jul-16 55,824 63,282
Aug-16 63,771 62,802
Sep-16 63,356 63,967
Oct-16 53,490 64,803
Nov-16 43,659 63,719
Dec-16 43,167 61,038
Jan-17 33,810 58,673
Feb-17 64,970 55,119
Mar-17 64,780 56,815
Apr-17 52,610 58,278
May-17 53,200 57,812
Jun-17 53,326 57,487
Jul-17 43,129 57,202
Aug-17 39,178 55,639
Sep-17 37,663 53,745
Oct-17 35,589 51,861
Nov-17 36,024 49,927
Dec-17 44,163 48,238
Jan-18 47,615
Feb-18 47,426
Mar-18 47,256
Apr-18 47,067
May-18 46,884
Jun-18 46,695
Jul-18 46,513
Aug-18 46,324
Sep-18 46,135
Oct-18 45,952
Nov-18 45,763
Dec-18 45,581
Jan-19 45,392
Feb-19 45,203
Mar-19 45,032
Apr-19 44,844
May-19 44,661
Jun-19 44,472
Jul-19 44,289
Aug-19 44,100
Sep-19 43,912
Oct-19 43,729
Nov-19 43,540
Dec-19 43,357
Jan-20 43,168
Feb-20 42,980
Mar-20 42,803
Apr-20 42,614
May-20 42,431
Jun-20 42,242
Jul-20 42,060
Aug-20 41,871
Sep-20 41,682
Oct-20 41,499
Nov-20 41,310
Dec-20 41,128
Jan-21 40,939
Feb-21 40,750
Mar-21 40,580
Apr-21 40,391
May-21 40,208
Jun-21 40,019
Jul-21 39,836
Aug-21 39,648
Sep-21 39,459
Oct-21 39,276
Nov-21 39,087
Dec-21 38,904
Jan-22 38,716
Feb-22 38,527
Mar-22 38,356
Apr-22 38,167
May-22 37,985
Jun-22 37,796
Jul-22 37,613
Aug-22 37,424
Sep-22 37,235
Oct-22 37,053
Nov-22 36,864
Dec-22 36,681

All, I must first apologize for the confusion caused with the MS Excel “Forecasting” Template I provided for this assignment. I used the template in a previous offering of this OPS/571 course, where the template worked just fine. However, it appears that this not the case for this offering of OPS/571. 

· I have seen several students’ concerns posted through Personal Messages, Threaded Comments, and other means, seeking assistance with using the Template. It turns out, that feedback form one of your classmates identified that the template only works with MS Excel 2016, and not with earlier versions.

· In this same situation, there have also been some, who have been able to complete the assignment using the template provided. What is not known, is if those who were successful, were using MS Excel 2016 or not?

I have labored for several days, attempting to make corrections to the template, which would allow for the assignment criteria as presented in the instructions; to no avail.

Therefore, I developed a new template, which will allow for data to be entered into Columns “A” & “B”, which will populate Column “C” with a forecasted value, based on the historical (Time-based) entries in “A” & “B”.

· Column “A” must use time type data entries: Days, Months, Years, Minutes, Seconds, Hours…Etc.

· Column “B” must use Numerical data entries: Quantities Sold, Admissions, Monetary Amounts, Widgets Produced…Etc.

DO NOT make any changes to Cells in Column “C”. I have taken the formula and incorporated it to calculate a future (forecast) for the historical “Time” and Numerical” data entered into Columns “A” & “B”.

Forecasting will not show for Column “C”, Cells C3 thru C14, as you will require more data points in Columns “A” & “B” than just the A3 thru A14, and B3 thru B14. However, the Template is set up to provide a forecast out to 8-years (as currently formated for monthly speeding ticket issued by law enforcement).

Notice Column “C” Cells C15 thru C38, shows “C15 – C26” as trending to higher numbers (more tickets issued); this could have multiple meanings. “C27 – C38”  as trending to lower numbers (less tickets issued); this could have multiple meanings as well.

NOTE: “C39 – C98”, the trend is definitely indicating decreasing numbers, but that is because there is no data entered in Column “B” for those corresponding forecasts.

Lastly, I am not interested in the Confidence Intervals, as this function is not working in earlier versions of MS Excel. So, use the data you have collected, enter into the appropriate cells in Columns “A” & “B”…
DO NOT ENTER DATA INTO COLUMN “C”.

The expectation is that you are able to present a compelling narrative from the Quantitative data, into a Qualitative understanding of what the forecast is presenting, and what a company might do to posture the business direction for success or minimizing failures as a result.

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