This guide is for BUSI 615 Week 2 Weekly Integrated Learning Project 2, start to submission. The second team project: demand forecasting for your firm's model.
BUSI 615 is Logistics, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MBA. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI615; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 615 Logistics |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 75 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; follow the course content instructions |
| Sources | The custom text and your firm's data |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Team Excel workbook as instructed |
What BUSI 615 Week 2 Weekly Integrated Learning Project 2 asks for
Project 2 is due in Module/Week 2 with the chapters on forecasting and demand management. Worth 75 points.
Where it fits in BUSI 615
In the published schedule, Weekly Integrated Learning Project 2 is one of 13 graded written assignments in BUSI 615. It follows Week 1 Weekly Integrated Learning Project 1 and comes before Week 3 Discussion Board 2: Enterprise Resource Planning.
How BUSI 615 Week 2 Weekly Integrated Learning Project 2 is graded
Liberty grades Weekly Integrated Learning Project 2 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 75 points in the published guide. That is about 7% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in BUSI 615 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Saturday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Friday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The BUSI 615 Week 2 method, step by step
See where this piece sits in the project
Weekly Integrated Learning Project 2 is one stage of a larger project. Read the full project description first so this stage feeds the final submission instead of standing alone.
Choose a subject you can research
Pick a real organization, product or setting with enough public information to support every stage. A subject that runs out of data halfway through is hard to recover.
Answer the questions this stage asks
Turn each question in the stage instructions into a heading and answer it with specifics about your subject, not general theory.
Apply the course model
Use the framework from Logistics that this stage is built on, named and applied step by step to your subject.
Support with sources
Back the analysis with credible sources (The custom text and your firm's data): company filings, industry data, peer-reviewed research.
Format, length and teamwork
Stay within Not set in the guide; follow the course content instructions and format in current APA. If the stage is a group deliverable, agree on who writes which section early and edit for one voice at the end.
Compare two methods on the same history using mean absolute deviation or mean absolute percentage error, and choose the more accurate one with a sentence explaining why.
A structure for BUSI 615 Week 2 Weekly Integrated Learning Project 2
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,000 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Demand data | History or assumptions. | ~240 words |
| Forecast | Method and calculations. | ~500 words |
| Accuracy | Error measures. | ~260 words |
A topic angle that works
Forecasts feed the master production schedule. Build a forecast for your end item using a method from the reading, such as a moving average, exponential smoothing or a trend model, and measure its accuracy.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Using 24 months of chair sales, a three-month moving average gave a mean absolute percentage error of 12%, while exponential smoothing with alpha 0.3 gave 9%. Because sales show a mild upward trend, the smoothing forecast reacts faster and is used for the master schedule, projecting about 1,150 chairs a month next quarter.
- Two methods.
- Error compared.
- A choice.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 615 Week 2
- One method only.
- No error measure.
- Forecast not linked to the schedule.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; follow the course content instructions
- Sources: The custom text and your firm's data
- Every question in this stage's instructions answered
- Consistent with the subject chosen in earlier stages
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
When is BUSI 615 Project 2 due?
In Module/Week 2.
How many points is BUSI 615 Week 2 Weekly Integrated Learning Project 2 worth?
75 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 615, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 7% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 615 Week 2 the same in every section of BUSI 615?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 615. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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