Abstract :
Arane Kopi is one of the shops in Lampung. Currently the processing of data on
Arane Coffee is recorded manually using books. Application is a group of files that aim
to perform certain interrelated activities so that there needs to be data storage and
forecasting applications on the stock of coffee grounds to be sold using the Single
Exponential Smoothing method which is useful to increase profits and avoid excess or
disadvantage. The parameters or alpha used in forecasting coffee grounds stock in the
Single Exponential Smoothing method are alpha 0.1 - 0.9 trial/random until finding an
alpha that has a minimum error by searching using the MSE (Mean Square Error)
method. Then the forecasting results that have alpha with the minimum error value will
be selected as forecasting for the next period. The coffee grounds stock forecasting system
using the Single Exponenial Smoothing method can only predict one period ahead. At the
sample test stage it was obtained that the forecasting of coffee grounds stock at
Wine200gr for 2022 was at alpha 0.9 which is worth 359.7530 if rounded 360.