What are the 5 whys in business

The five Why's in business is a technique that has you ask why as many times as you need to until you get to the root cause of the problem.

The idea is to stop asking why when you have arrived at a probable root cause of the problem, which may come before or after the 5th why.

Explanation:

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

answer; strategic planning;