Forecast

Use this form to enter a prediction of requirements for an item (based on sales forecasts, for example). Forecasts are planned in MRP and APS as demands. Customer orders consume a forecast within a time window defined by the Forecast Look Ahead/Behind parameters.

The Outstanding Requirement value represents the forecast demand quantity not consumed by customer orders. This value is updated when you add a new record and when you run MRP or APS Planning or the MPS Processor. The system uses the Outstanding Requirement as the demand quantity to plan. When planning a forecast demand, the system allocates any on-hand inventory and planned supplies to reduce the demand quantity and generates a planned order for the remainder.

Note: The forecast demand cannot use any on-hand inventory or planned supplies that were created to satisfy any other forecast demand.

The Actions menu includes the option, Go to Demand Detail Chart APS, which displays a graphical representation of how the system uses supplies, on-hand inventory, and resource capacity to satisfy the demand at each level of the bill of material.