This exercise provides you the opportunity to apply several concepts you have

  
This exercise provides you the opportunity to apply several concepts you have

  
This exercise provides you the opportunity to apply several concepts you have learned in Module #3 in addition to Excel skills practice.
Learning Objectives:
· Identify trends and patterns by analyzing data in an Excel line graph 
· Compare and contrast the performance and accuracy of five sales forecasting models through forecast accuracy analysis
· Develop conclusions and a forecasting recommendation for a case study issue
· Compute the labor productivity impact due to a demand shock significantly lowering demand below the forecast and make a recommendation on how to address
· Create a chart in Excel and insert the chart in a Word document
· Create a well-written, professional, grammatically correct leadership report
Required Materials:
· Redstone Foods M&M Wholesale Case Study – (Word document)
· Redstone Foods M&M Wholesale Data File – (Excel document)
· Microsoft Excel