Prompt: According to the assigned case study, Best Homes is a new home construct

Prompt:
According to the assigned case study, Best Homes is a new home construction company with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. They construct only residential homes throughout the U.S. and only new homes. Having started on the East coast in 1945 they expanded to the Midwest and ultimately to the West coast and the South. They build all types of residential new homes from low-end prices to the high-end of the market. Analyze the case study and answer the following questions:
1. What forecasting analytics should the company consider? Describe why other forecasting analytics may not be good options.
2. Based on past demand (Exhibit 1), use the classical decomposition method to forecast average demand for the upcoming year, by month.
3. OPTIONAL ONLY / NO POINTS AWARDED. The second step in Best Homes’ forecasting process is to collect sales projections from each of its regions. What types of data should they collect from the sales force? How should they integrate sales data with your answer in question 2?
Instructions:
Label your Word document as follows: yourlastname.doc (ex: Johnson.docx)
The paper should be at least 1,000-words
The paper should be APA-compliant paper comprising your response
Minimum 5 full pages of content (Word Document) of strategic material (does not include cover page, abstract, nor reference pages)
All charts, graphs, pictures are to go in the appendix (not a substitute for content)
The paper must provide inline citations to at least five scholarly sources supporting your paper
Refrain from excessive use of quotes in your response (less than 5%)
Once you submit your document to the assignment folder it will automatically be loaded to TURNITIN.COM within the course. Your similarity scan score must be 20% or less (the following will be excluded: headers, bibliography, etc. prior to instructor grading paper—focus on the content of scan percentage
Plagiarism will result in an automatic zero for this assignment
There are no late assignments accepted after the last day of the course