Demand Class Forecasting (MRP and Supply Chain Planning Help)


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Demand Class Forecasting

You can use demand classes as a means of forecasting different sources of demand separately. For example, suppose your company has three primary sources for sales orders: wholesale sales, retail sales, and mail order sales. Each source has a different sales force you forecast independently. You may wish to create a separate forecast name for each source and maintain each forecast independently. However, Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning considers all sources of forecasted and sales order demand together.

In the above diagram, your master scheduler has created three forecast names: FC-WHOLESL, FC-RETAIL, and FC-MAILORDER. You maintain and report on each forecast independently. Note that these forecasts are defined within a forecast set.

Your master scheduler combines all sources of demand, including the three forecasts and all sales orders, into a single statement of demand--the master demand schedule. The master scheduler then plans the master production schedule and the MRP plan with all the demand combined.

Demand Class Forecasting

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