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An Analysis of the Newly Built Forecasting Method in the
Case of Sanitary Materials Data
Hirotake Yamashita
1, Daisuke Takeyasu
2, Kazuhiro Takeyasu
31
College of Business Administration and Information Science, Chubu University,1200 Matsumoto-cho Kasugai, Aichi,487-8501, Japan
2Graduate School of Culture and Science, The Open University of Japan, 2-11 Wakaba, Mihama-District, Chiba City, 261-8586, Japan
3
College of Business Administration, Tokoha University,325 Oobuchi, Fuji City, Shizuoka, 417-0801, Japan
Abstract—In industries, how to improve forecasting
accuracy such as sales, shipping is an important issue. Correct sales forecasting is inevitable in industries. There are many researches made on this. In this paper, a hybrid method is introduced and plural methods are compared. Focusing that the equation of exponential smoothing method(ESM) is equivalent to (1,1) order ARMA model equation, a new method of estimation of smoothing constant in exponential smoothing method is proposed before by us which satisfies minimum variance of forecasting error. Generally, smoothing constant is selected arbitrarily. But in this paper, we utilize above stated theoretical solution. Firstly, we make estimation of ARMA model parameter and then estimate smoothing constants. Thus theoretical solution is derived in a simple way and it may be utilized in various fields. A mere application of ESM does not make good forecasting accuracy for the time series which has non-linear trend and/or trend by month. A new method to cope with this issue is required. In this paper, combining the trend removing method with this method, we aim to improve forecasting accuracy. An approach to this method is executed in the following method. Trend removing by the combination of linear and 2nd order non-linear function and 3rd order non-linear function is carried out to the manufacturer’s data of sanitary materials.
The weights for these functions are set 0.5 for two patterns at first and then varied by 0.01 increment for three patterns and optimal weights are searched. For the comparison, monthly trend is removed after that. Theoretical solution of smoothing constant of ESM is calculated for both of the monthly trend removing data and the non-monthly trend removing data. Then forecasting is executed on these data. The new method shows that it is useful for the time series that has various trend characteristics and has rather strong seasonal trend. The effectiveness of this method should be examined in various cases.
Keywords—component; minimum variance, exponential smoothing method, forecasting, trend, sanitary materials
I. INTRODUCTION
Correct sales forecasting is inevitable in industries. Poor sales forecasting accuracy leads to a gap between the sales plan and result. The condition where the quantity of a production plan exceeds those of a sales plan (i.e. excess production) pushes up cost.
That is caused by increased finished and intermediate product inventory. Increased inventory and prolonged dwell time of product in inventory will lead to increased waste loss as well as extended lead-time, and that may affects the customer satisfaction for the worse.In order to improve forecasting accuracy, we have devised trend removal methods as well as searching optimal parameters and obtained good results. We created a new method and applied it to various time series and examined the effectiveness of the method. Applied data are sales data, production data, shipping data, stock market price data, flight passenger data etc.
Many methods for time series analysis have been presented such as Autoregressive model (AR Model), Autoregressive Moving Average Model (ARMA Model) and Exponential Smoothing Method (ESM)[1]-[4]. Among these, ESM is said to be a practical simple method.
For this method, various improving method such as adding compensating item for time lag, coping with the time series with trend[5], utilizing Kalman Filter[6], Bayes Forecasting[7], adaptive ESM[8], exponentially weighted
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II. DESCRIPTION OF ESM USING ARMA MODEL[12]
In ESM, forecasting at time
t
+1 is stated in the following equation.
tt t t t t
x
x
x
x
x
x
ˆ
1
ˆ
ˆ
ˆ
1
(1)
Here,:
ˆ
t1x
forecasting att
1
:
t
x
realized value att
:
smoothing constant
0
1
(1) is re-stated as
t l l l tx
x
0 11
ˆ
(2)
By the way, we consider the following (1,1) order ARMA model.
1
1
t t tt
x
e
e
x
(3)
Generally,
p
,
q
order ARMA model is stated asj t q j j t i t p i i
t
a
x
e
b
e
x
1 1(4)
Here,
x
t:
Sample process of Stationary Ergodic Gaussi an Processx
t
t1,2,,N,
e
t:
Gaussian White Noise with 0 mean 2e
varianceMA process in (4) is supposed to satisfy convertibility condition. Utilizing the relation that
e
te
t1,
e
t2,
0
E
We get the following equation from (3).
1 1
ˆ
t
x
t
e
tx
(5)
Operating this scheme on
t
+1, we finally get
t t
t t t tx
x
x
e
x
x
ˆ
1
ˆ
1
ˆ
ˆ
1
(6)
If we set 1, the above equation is the same with (1), i.e., equation of ESM is equivalent to (1,1) order ARMA model, or is said to be (0,1,1) order ARIMA model because 1st order AR parameter is 1[1][3]. Focusing that the equation of exponential smoothing method (ESM) is equivalent to (1,1) order ARMA model equation, a new method of estimation of smoothing constant in exponential smoothing method is derived (See Appendix in detail).
Finally we get:
1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
2
4
1
2
1
2
4
1
1
b
(7)
Thus we can obtain a theoretical solution by a simple way.
Here
1 must satisfy0
2
1
1
(8)
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608 Focusing on the idea that the equation of ESM is equivalent to (1,1) order ARMA model equation, we can estimate smoothing constant after estimating ARMA model parameter.
It can be estimated only by calculating 0th and 1st order autocorrelation function.
III. TREND REMOVAL METHOD[12]
As ESM is a one of a linear model, forecasting accuracy for the time series with non-linear trend is not necessarily good. How to remove trend for the time series with non-linear trend is a big issue in improving forecasting accuracy. In this paper, we devise to remove this non-linear trend by utilizing non-linear function.
As trend removal method, we describe the combination of linear and non-linear function.
[1] Linear function
We set
as a linear function.
[2] Non-linear function
We set
2 2 2
2
x
b
x
c
a
y
(10)
3 3 2 3 3
3
x
b
x
c
x
d
a
y
(11)
as a 2nd and a 3rd order non-linear function.
[3] The combination of linear and non-linear function
We set
2 2 2
2 2 1 1
1ax b ax bx c
y (12)
β
β 2 3 3
3 3 3 2 1 1
1ax b ax bx cx d
y (13)
γ γ γ 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 d x c x b x a c x b x a b x a y (14)as the combination of linear and 2nd order non-linear and 3rd order non-linear function. Here,
2
1
1 ,1 2
1
β
β
,γ
3
1
(
γ
1
γ
2)
. Comparative discussion concerning (12), (13) and (14) are described in section 5.IV. MONTHLY RATIO[12]
For example, if there is the monthly data of L years as stated bellow:
x
ij
i
1
,
,
L
j
1
,
,
12
Where, xijR in which
j
means month and imeans year and xij is a shipping data of i-th year, j-th month. Then, monthly ratio
x
~
j
j1,,12
is calculated as follows.
L i j ij L i ij jx
L
x
L
x
1 12 1 112
1
1
1
~
(15)
Monthly trend is removed by dividing the data by (15). Numerical examples both of monthly trend removal case and non-removal case are discussed in 5.
V. FORECASTING THE SHIPPING DATA OF
MANUFACTURER
5.1 Analysis Procedure
[image:3.595.314.545.389.724.2]M a n u fa c t ur e r ’s d a t a o f s a ni t a r y ma t e r i a l s from September 2009 to August 2012 are analyzed. First of all, graphical charts of these time series data are exhibi ted in Fig. 1, 2,3.
Fig. 1:Product A
Fig. 2: Product B
Fig. 3: Product C
1 1
x
b
a
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i i i
x
ˆ
x
(16)
Ni i
N
11
(17)Variance of forecasting error is calculated by:
21 2
1
1
Ni i
N
(18)5.2 Trend Removing
Trend is removed by dividing original data by (12),(13),(14). The patterns of trend removal are exhibited in Table 1.
Table 1
The patterns of trend removal
Patter
n1
1,
2are set 0.5 in the equation (12) Pattern2
1,
2are set 0.5 in the equation (13) Pattern3
1is shifted by 0.01 increment in (12) Pattern4
1is shifted by 0.01 increment in (13) Pattern5
1
γ
andγ
2 are shifted by 0.01 increment in (1 4)In pattern1 and 2, the weight of
1,
2,
1,
2 are set 0.5 in the equation (12),(13). In pattern3, the weight of
1 is shifted by 0.01 increment in (12) which satisfy the range0
11.00. In pattern4, the weightof
1is shifted in the same way which satisfy the range0
11.00. In pattern5, the weight of
1and2
are shifted by 0.01 increment in (14) which satisfy the range0
11.00,0
21.00.The best solution is selected which minimizes the variance of forecasting error. Estimation results of coefficient of (9), (10) and (11) are exhibited in Table 2. Estimation results of weights of (12), (13) and (14) are exhibited in Table 3.
Table 2
Coefficient of (9),(10) and (11)
1st 2nd 3rd
1
a
b
1a
2b
2c
2a
3b
3c
3d
3Prod uct
A
27788.7 3087
644107.48 91
-1764.808 764
71908.94 997
452919.87 3
100.60240 4
-5537.398
914 110409.49
364641.26 35
Prod uct
B
900.569 5652
1154539.5 47
525.1695 5
-12228.66 919
1211432.9 15
-46.66049 195
2274.9379 98
-30085.63 945
1252377.4 97
Prod uct
C
-5731.7 87391
1027967.8 84
542.9100 258
-19304.53 804
1086783.1 37
-50.38907 413
2432.5003 06
-38588.43 671
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Table 3
Weights of (12), (13) and (14)
Monthly
ratio
Pattern1 Pattern2 Pattern3 Pattern4 Pattern5
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
3Product A
Used 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.78 0.22 1.00 0.00 0.78 0.22 0.00
Not used 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.78 0.22 1.00 0.00 0.78 0.22 0.00
Product B
Used 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.57 0.43 1.00 0.00 0.57 0.43 0.00
Not used 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.57 0.43 1.00 0.00 0.57 0.43 0.00
Product C
Used 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.27 0.73 0.18 0.82 0.18 0.00 0.82
Not used 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.27 0.73 0.18 0.82 0.18 0.00 0.82
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Fig. 5: Trend of Product B
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After removing trend, monthly ratio is calculated by the method stated in 4. Calculation result for 1st to 24th data is exhibited in Table 4 through 8.
Table 4 Monthly ratio (Pattern1)
Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Product A 0.84 0.79 0.95 1.41 0.85 0.82 1.12 1.18 1.10 0.89 1.05 0.99 Product B 1.04 0.97 0.96 1.28 0.78 0.99 1.05 1.12 0.76 0.98 1.08 1.00 Product C 1.06 1.03 0.91 1.26 0.64 0.99 1.11 1.15 0.77 1.08 1.00 0.99
Table 5 Monthly ratio (Pattern2)
Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Product A 0.87 0.80 0.95 1.42 0.85 0.82 1.12 1.17 1.10 0.89 1.04 0.98 Product B 1.03 0.97 0.95 1.28 0.78 0.99 1.05 1.13 0.76 0.98 1.08 1.00 Product C 1.06 1.03 0.91 1.25 0.64 0.99 1.11 1.15 0.77 1.08 1.01 1.00
Table 6 Monthly ratio (Pattern3)
Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Product A 0.83 0.78 0.95 1.42 0.85 0.82 1.13 1.18 1.12 0.89 1.05 0.98 Product B 1.03 0.97 0.96 1.28 0.78 0.99 1.05 1.12 0.76 0.98 1.08 1.00 Product C 1.06 1.03 0.92 1.26 0.64 1.00 1.11 1.15 0.77 1.08 1.00 0.98
Table 7 Monthly ratio (Pattern4)
Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Product A 0.81 0.78 0.94 1.42 0.85 0.83 1.13 1.19 1.12 0.89 1.05 0.98 Product B 1.04 0.97 0.96 1.28 0.78 0.99 1.05 1.12 0.76 0.98 1.08 1.00 Product C 1.05 1.02 0.91 1.25 0.64 0.99 1.11 1.15 0.77 1.08 1.01 1.00
Table 8 Monthly ratio (Pattern5)
Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Product A 0.83 0.78 0.95 1.42 0.85 0.82 1.13 1.18 1.12 0.89 1.05 0.98 Product B 1.04 0.97 0.96 1.28 0.78 0.99 1.05 1.12 0.76 0.98 1.08 1.00 Product C 1.05 1.02 0.91 1.25 0.64 0.99 1.11 1.15 0.77 1.08 1.01 1.00
5.4 Estimation of Smoothing Constant with Minimum Variance of Forecasting Error
After removing monthly trend, Smoothing Constant with minimum variance of forecasting error is estimated utilizing (7).
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Table 9
Estimated Smoothing Constant with Minimum Variance
Monthly ratio
Pattern1 Pattern2
1
1
Product A Used
-0.0644
0.9353
-0.1109
0.8877
Not used
-0.0163
0.9837
-0.0403
0.9596
Product B Used
-0.0668
0.9329
-0.0721
0.9275
Not used
-0.3098
0.6529
-0.3182
0.6407
Product C Used
-0.0222
0.9777
-0.0002
0.9998
Not used
-0.2335
0.7521
-0.3066
0.6574
Monthly ratio
Pattern3 Pattern4 Pattern5
1
1
1
Product A Used
-0.0421 0.9578 -0.1243
0.8738 -0.0421 0.9578
Not used
-0.1050 0.8938 -0.0036
0.9964
-0.0495 0.9503
Product B Used
-0.0469 0.9530 -0.0033
0.9967 -0.0469 0.9530
Not used
-0.2971 0.6706 -0.3349
0.6156 -0.2971 0.6706
Product C Used
-0.0495 0.9504 -0.0076
0.9924 -0.0248 0.9752
Not used
-0.2451 0.7381 -0.2832
0.6896 -0.2451 0.7381
5.5 Forecasting and Variance of Forecasting Error Utilizing smoothing constant estimated in the previous section, forecasting is executed for the data of 25th to 36th data. Final forecasting data is obtained by multiplying monthly ratio and trend.
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Table 10 Variance of Forecasting Error
Monthly
ratio Pattern1 Pattern2 Pattern3 Pattern4 Pattern5
Product A
Used
54,149,356,81
0.7071
71,599,649,55
1.1069
50,998,030,24
3
53,243,082,5
60
50,998,030,2
43
Not used
209,282,433,5
83
223,191,932,6
52
174,906,299,2
58
199,398,114,
406
174,906,299,
258
Product B
Used
19,043,329,43
1.7514
22,892,746,86
0.5243
18,966,681,89
7
19,556,192,3
45
18,966,681,8
97
Not used
65,085,859,12
6.5547
73,209,334,45
9.0711
64,915,478,53
0
64,946,431,1
58
64,915,478,5
30
Product C
Used
14,582,794,74
2.9399
8,265,249,612.
1560
13,517,869,28
3
6,102,430,94
5
6,102,430,94
5
Not used
26,450,680,13
1.2059
28,604,906,51
8.8981
25,193,388,87
6
28,039,360,7
43
25,193,388,8
76
5.6 Remarks
In all cases, that monthly ratio was used had a better forecasting accuracy. Product A and Product B had a good result in 1st+2nd order with the case that monthly ratio was used, while Product C had a good result in 1st+3rd order with the case that monthly was not used. We can observe that monthly trend is relatively apparent in these cases.
VI. CONCLUSION
Correct sales forecasting is inevitable in industries. Focusing on the idea that the equation of exponential smoothing method(ESM) was equivalent to (1,1) order ARMA model equation, a new method of estimation of smoothing constant in exponential smoothing method was proposed before by us which satisfied minimum variance of forecasting error. Generally, smoothing constant was selected arbitrarily. But in this paper, we utilized above stated theoretical solution. Firstly, we made estimation of ARMA model parameter and then estimated smoothing constants. Thus theoretical solution was derived in a simple way and it might be utilized in various fields.
Furthermore, combining the trend removal method with this method, we aimed to improve forecasting accuracy. A mere application of ESM does not make good forecasting accuracy for the time series which has non-linear trend and/or trend by month. A new method to cope with this issue is required.
Therefore, utilizing above stated method, a revised forecasting method is proposed in this paper to improve forecasting accuracy. An approach to this method was executed in the following method. Trend removal by a linear function was applied to the manufacturer’s data of sanitary materials. The combination of linear and non-linear function was also introduced in trend removing. For the comparison, monthly trend was removed after that. Theoretical solution of smoothing constant of ESM was calculated for both of the monthly trend removing data and the non-monthly trend removing data. Then forecasting was executed on these data. In all cases, that monthly ratio was used had a better forecasting accuracy. Product A and Product B had a good result in 1st+2nd order with the case that monthly ratio was used, while Product C had a good result in 1st+3rd order with the case that monthly was not used. We can observe that monthly trend is relatively apparent in these cases.
Various cases should be examined hereafter. In the end, we appreciate Mr. Norio Funato for his helpful support of our study.
APPENDIX:
Estimation of smoothing constant in Exponential Sm oothing Method [12]
Comparing with (3) and (4), we obtain
1
1
1
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Therefore, we get
From above, we can get estimation of smoothing constan t after we identify the parameter of MA part of ARMA mod el. But, generally MA part of ARMA model become non-lin earequations which are described below. Let (4) be
i t p i i t
t
x
a
x
x
1~
(A-2)
j t q j j tt
e
b
e
x
1~
(A-3)
We express the autocorrelation function of
x
~
t as r~ kand from (A-2), (A-3), we get the following non-linear equations which are well known[3].
q j j e j k k q j j e kb
r
q
k
q
k
b
b
r
0 2 2 0 0 2~
)
1
(
0
)
(
~
(A-4)
For these equations, recursive algorithm has been developed. In this paper, parameter to be estimated is only
b1, so it can be solved in the following way. From (3) (4) (A-1) (A-4), we get
2 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1~
1
~
1
1
1
e eb
r
b
r
b
a
q
(A-5)
If we set
0
~
~
r
r
k k
(A-6)
the following equation is derived.
2 1 1 1
1
b
b
(A-7)
We can get b1 as follows.
1 2 1 1
2
4
1
1
b
(A-8)
In order to have real roots,
1must satisfy2
1
1
(A-9)
From invertibility condition,
b
1 must satisfy1
1
b
From (A-7), using the next relation,
1
0
0
1
2 1 2 1
b
b
(A-9) always holds. As
1
1
b
1
b
is within the range of0
1
1
b
Finally we get
1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1
2
4
1
2
1
2
4
1
1
b
(A-10)
Which satisfy above condition.
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