A company wants to generate a forecast for unit demand for year 2014 2017 using exponential smoothing.The actual demand in year 2013 2016 was 120.The forecast demand in year 2013 2016 was 110.Using these data and a smoothing constant alpha of 0.1, which of the following is the resulting year 2014 2017 forecast value?
A)100
B)110
C)111
D)114
E)120

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The exponential smoothing formula is: Forecast_new = Forecast_old + α * (Actual - Forecast_old). Using the given data: Forecast_2014_2017 = 110 + 0.1 * (120 - 110) = 110 + 1 = 111.

A Company Wants to Generate a Forecast for Unit Demand