Consumption for a Product Family
Forecasts can be created and maintained at the product family level, and exploded down to the members of the family based on the planning percentages and effectivity dates in the bill of materials. Forecast consumption depends on the Forecast Control item attribute: if Forecast Control for the product family item is set to Consume and at all levels below that to Consume and Derive, a sales order added for member items consumes its own forecast and the forecast for the product family. For example:
Suppose that the planning percentages for the member items are:
Also assume a product-family forecast for A of 100.
After forecast explosion, a sales order of 20 for item B consumes the forecast, leaving the following forecast:
Similarly, if item B is a model and if Forecast Control for both D and E is set to Consume and Derive, then the forecast for item D gets consumed by 20 and the forecast for item E gets consumed by 20. The forecasts for items F and G remain the same.
See Also
Overview of Production Planning
Forecast Control
Consumption for a Product Family
Prerequisites to Production Planning
