Sales for boxes of Girl Scout cookies over a 4-month period were forecasted as follows: 100, 120, 115, and 123. The actual results over the 4-month period were as follows: 110, 114, 119, 115. What was the USE of the 4-month forecast

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Rex Hooper

4 March, 00:25

Sales for boxes of Girl Scout cookies over a 4-month period were forecasted as follows: 100, 120, 115, and 123. The actual results over the 4-month period were as follows: 110, 114, 119, 115. What was the USE of the 4-month forecast

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Jase Hays · Answer 1

Determine supply

Explanation:

The probable reason for this sales forecast was to determine the number of cookies to be produced for supply into the market.

Most manufacturing companies employ a sales forecast inorder to know how much to produce.