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Holt and Winters' exponential smoothing model

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what is Holt and Winters' exponential smoothing model and when is it used in APO- Demand Planning?? also, what is the implication of alpha, beta and gamma factor??

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claire_yang
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Hi,

It's Trend-seasonal model. See the following SAP online help documentation:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm70/helpdata/EN/a4/42e03fc2269615e10000000a155106/frameset.htm

Claire

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Thanks. Now I have a basic understanding of the model. I would like to know in detail about the impact of changing beta and gamma values while using Holt and Winters' exponential smoothing model.

m_manimaran
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Hi,

Please go through the below document on Holt -Winters forecasting model.

http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~praj/acads/seminar/04329008_ExponentialSmoothing.pdf

Hope it will help you.

Regards,

Manimaran M.