This chapter contains the following topics:
Section 1.1, "JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management Overview"
Section 1.2, "JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management Integrations"
Section 1.3, "JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management Implementation"
Effective management of distribution and manufacturing activities begins with understanding and anticipating market needs. Forecasting is the process of projecting past sales demand into the future.
Implementing a forecasting system enables you to assess current market trends and sales quickly so that you can make informed decisions about the operations.
You can use forecasts to make planning decisions about:
Customer orders.
Inventory.
Delivery of goods.
Work load.
Capacity requirements.
Warehouse space.
Labor.
Equipment.
Budgets.
Development of new products.
Work force requirements.
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management system from Oracle is one of many systems that make up Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supply Chain Management module. You can use the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supply Chain Management module to coordinate the inventory, raw material, and labor resources to deliver products according to a managed schedule.
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supply Chain Management is fully integrated and ensures that information is current and accurate across the business operations. It is a closed loop manufacturing system that formalizes the activities of company and operations planning, as well as the execution of those plans.
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management system generates demand projections that you use as input for the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne planning and scheduling systems from Oracle. The planning and scheduling systems calculate material requirements for all component levels from raw materials to complex subassemblies.
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Resource Requirements Planning (RRP) system from Oracle uses forecasts to estimate the time and resources that are needed to make a product.
The Master Production Schedule (MPS) plans and schedules the products that the company expects to manufacture. Forecasts are one MPS input that help determine demand before you complete the production plans.
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is an ordering and scheduling process that breaks down the requirements of all MPS parent items to the component levels. You can also use forecasts as input for lower level MRP components that are service parts with independent demand, which is demand not directly or exclusively tied to production of a particular product at a particular branch or plant.
This section provides an overview of the steps that are required to implement the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management system.
In the planning phase of the implementation, take advantage of all JD Edwards EnterpriseOne sources of information, including the installation guides and troubleshooting information.
When determining which electronic software updates (ESUs) to install for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management, use the EnterpriseOne and World Change Assistant. EnterpriseOne and World Change Assistant, a Java-based tool, reduces the time required to search and download ESUs by 75 percent or more and enables you to install multiple ESUs at one time.
See JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Software Updates Guide.
For information about the Oracle Business Accelerator solution for implementation of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management, review the documentation available.
See http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24705_01/index.htm.
This table lists the global implementation steps for the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management system:
Set up global user-defined code tables.
See "Working with User Defined Codes" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools System Administration Guide.
Set up fiscal date patterns, companies, and business units.
Set up system next numbers.
Set up accounts.
Set up general accounting constants.
Set up multicurrency processing, including currency codes and exchange rates.
See JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Multicurrency Processing Implementation Guide.
Set up ledger type rules.
Enter address book records.
Set up default location and printers.
Set up branch/plant constants.
Set up manufacturing and distribution automatic accounting instructions (AAIs).
Set up document types.
Set up shop floor calendars.
Set up manufacturing constants.
This table lists the suggested application-specific implementation steps for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management:
Set up Forecast Management.
Set up sales order history.
Set up forecast generation.
Set up summary forecasts.
Set up planning bill forecasts.
A business interface is a set of components that implementation teams can use to create an integration between JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and an external system. Business interfaces can include one or more of these business interface components:
Business Services
Real-Time Events
Batch Import and Export Programs
For additional information about business interfaces, and the business objects available for this product area, see these topics in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Business Interface Reference Guide: