I am currently in a master's graduate level course in "Operations Management" and would appreciate help on the following assignment breakdown I am having trouble in researching and figuring out how to go about this assignment:

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is for students to learn how to apply Operations Forecasting.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Microsoft^® Excel^®

Select a business operations dataset from the internet or other sources which can be used for forecasting in the University Library. (Am having trouble in finding what type of business operations dataset from the Internet to use? This is the hardest part for me)

Develop a minimum of three quantitative forecasts using Microsoft^® Excel^®.(Not sure how to go about this, however, would appreciate in showing calculations on Excel spreadsheet pertaining to how each of the "three" quantitative forecasts of business operations that is used gets measured and calculated out in order to explain in the word document report for this presentation).

• Introduction
• Compare and contrast each quantitative forecast you develop.
• Choose the one forecast you determine would be the best for the firm and be prepared to explain why you chose this.
• Evaluate the impact this forecast would have on the firm from a financial metrics standpoint.
• Conclusion

Develop a 700 word document report or more (excluding cover and reference page wording) in which you describe your forecasting project including details on all the assignment steps. No Plagiarism and will be checked!

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines for citations and references. Include professional web links of resources used.

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