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Sales of quill covers at Bud Banis’s discount department store in Carbondale over the past year are shown below. Management prepared a forecast using a combination of exponential smoothing and its collective judgment for the 4 months (March April May, and June) Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Mar Jul 100 Apr Feb 83 95 92 98 114 May 88 112 Jun 110 108 125 Month Aug Unit Sales 96 108 126 120 102 Management’s Forecast ) MAD for the forecast developed by the management’s technique – 1625 cales (round your response to two decmai placea). MAPE for the foretast developed by the management’s technique • 17.00% fround your response to two decina placon) b) Using the Nove Method, the forecast for period March through Juno is round your response to two decimal poow Month Aug Unit Sales Nalve Forecast Feb Ju 100 Sep 96 Od 108 Nov 126 Dec 120 Jan 92 Mar 102 Ar 98 May 88 Jun 110 05 B3