Index

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  I  L  M  O  P  R  S  T  U  W 

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Numerics

52 period date pattern

setting up, 3.3

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A

About detail forecasts, 2.2

About planning bill forecasts, 14.1

About summary forecasts, 6.2, 11.1

Address book records

revising, 7.2

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B

Branch/plant data

reviewing, 7.3

Business Units by Company form (P0006A), 7.3.1

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C

Category Codes form (P010512), 7.2.1

Company hierarchy

example, 6.2.2

hierarchy of company 100, 6.2.2

summary codes, 6.2.2

Comparing summaries of detail forecasts and summary forecasts

See Defining the distribution hierarchy (P4091)

Considerations, 1.3

Copying sales order history, 4.1

before you begin, 4.1.1

See Setting up detail forecasts

Copying summary sales order history, 12.1

before you begin, 12.1.1

See Setting up detail forecasts

See Setting up summary forecasts

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D

Date Pattern Revisions form (P0008), 3.2.2

Defining the distribution hierarchy, 7.1

before you begin, 7.1.2

Demand patterns, 1.2.2

Detail forecasts

generating, 5.1

generating summaries, 8.1

reviewing, 5.2

revising, 5.3

setting up, 3

working with, 5

Distribution hierarchy

defining, 7.1

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E

Enter/Change Actuals form (P3460), 4.2.1

Enter/Change Bill (P3002)

fold area, 15.2

Enter/Change Bill form (P3002), 15.2

Enter/Change Summaries form (P34200), 9.1, 9.2, 12.2.1

Entering a planning bill, 15.2

Examples

company hierarchy, 6.2.2

distribution hierarchy for company 100, 7.1.1

exploding the forecast to the item level, 14.2.1

planning bill forecasts, pseudo parent item, 14.1.1

reviewing and revising sales order history, 4.2

using the Force Changes program, 9.3.1

Exploding the forecast to the item level, 14.2

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F

Features

demand patterns, 1.2.2

forecast accuracy, 1.2.3

forecasting, 1.2

Fiscal date pattern

setting up, 3.2

Forecast accuracy

statistical laws, 1.2.3

Forecast considerations, 1.3

See Appendix A - Forecast calculation examples

Forecast Summary Detail form (P34200W), 9.1

Forecast Summary Revisions (P3400)

fold area, 9.2

Forecast Summary Revisions form (P3400), 9.2

Forecast Text form (P0016), 5.3

Forecast types

setting up, 3.4

Forecast Types form (P00051), 3.4

Forecasting

features, 1.2

Forecasting level and methods, 1.2.1

Forecasting overview, 1

Forecasting process, 1.4

Forms

Business Units by Company, 7.3.1

Category Codes, 7.2.1

Date Pattern Revisions, 3.2.2

Enter/Change Actuals, 4.2.1

Enter/Change Bill, 15.2

Enter/Change Summaries, 9.1, 9.2, 12.2.1

Forecast Summary Detail, 9.1

Forecast Summary Revisions, 9.2

Forecast Text, 5.3

Forecast Types, 3.4

General User Defined Codes, 6.2.2

Item Branch Class Codes, 7.4, 15.1

Item Branch Information, 15.1

Item Branch/Plant Information, 7.4

Item Master Information, 15.1

Multi Level Bill Inquiry, 15.2

Plant Manufacturing Data, 15.1

Review Forecast, 5.2

Set 52 Period Date, 3.3

Summary Codes, 7.1.2

Summary Constants, 7.1.2

Supply/Demand Inclusion Rules, 3.1

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G

General User Defined Codes form (P00051), 6.2.2

Generating detail forecasts, 5.1

Generating planning bill forecasts, 16.1

before you begin, 16.1.1

See Entering a planning bill

Generating summaries of detail forecasts, 8.1

before you begin, 8.1.1

Generating summary forecasts, 13.1

before you begin, 13.1.1

Graphic

company hierarchy, 6.2.2

Force Changes program, 9.3.1

generate summary forecast, 13.1

summary forecast, 13.1

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I

Item Branch Class Codes form (P41025), 7.4, 15.1

Item Branch Information form (P41026), 15.1

Item Branch/Plant Information form (P41026), 7.4

Item location records

reviewing, 7.4

Item master information

planning bill, 15.1

Item Master Information form (P4101), 15.1

Items from summary constants, 8.1.2

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L

Levels and methods, 1.2.1

best fit, 1.2.1

calculated percent over last year, 1.2.1

exponential smoothing, 1.2.1

flexible method, 1.2.1

geometrically weighted moving average, 1.2.1

last year to this year, 1.2.1

linear approximation, 1.2.1

methods, 1.2.1

moving average, 1.2.1

percent over last year, 1.2.1

second degree approximation, 1.2.1, 1.2.1

weighted moving average, 1.2.1

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M

Menu

overview, 1.7

Multi Level Bill Inquiry form (P30200), 15.2

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Overview

forecasting, 1

revising summaries of forecasts, 9

system integration, 1.1

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P

Planning bill

entering, 15.2

item master information, 15.1

setting up, 15

Planning bill forecasts

exploding the forecast to the item level, 14.2

generating, 16.1

Plant Manufacturing Data form (P41027), 15.1

Processing options

Summary Forecast Generation, 13.1.1

Programs and IDs

P00051 (forecast types), 3.4

P00051 (general user defined codes), 6.2.2

P00051 (summary codes), 7.1.2

P0006A (business units by company), 7.3.1

P0008 (date pattern revisions), 3.2.2

P0008B (set 52 period date), 3.3

P0016 (forecast text), 5.3

P010512 (category codes), 7.2.1

P3002 (enter/change bill), 15.2

P30200 (multi level bill inquiry), 15.2

P3400 (forecast summary revisions), 9.2

P34004 (supply/demand inclusion rules), 3.1

P34200 (enter/change summaries), 9.1, 9.2, 12.2.1

P34200W (forecast summary detail), 9.1

P34201 (review forecast), 5.2

P3460 (enter/change sales order history), 4.2.1

P4091 (summary constants), 7.1.2

P4101 (item master information), 15.1

P41025 (item branch class codes), 7.4, 15.1

P41026 (item branch information), 15.1

P41026 (item branch/plant information), 7.4

P41027 (plant manufacturing data), 15.1

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R

Records for large customers, 4.1

Review Forecast form (P34201), 5.2

Reviewing and revising sales order history, 4.2

Reviewing and revising summary sales order history, 12.2

before you begin, 12.2.1

Reviewing branch/plant data, 7.3

before you begin, 7.3.1

Reviewing item location records, 7.4

See Defining the distribution hierarchy (P4091)

Reviewing the summary forecast, 9.1

Revising address book records, 7.2

before you begin, 7.2.1

Revising detail forecasts, 5.3

Revising summaries of forecasts, 9

before you begin, 9

See Generating summaries of detail forecasts

See Generating summary forecasts

Revising summary forecasts using the Force Change program, 9.3

before you begin, 9.3.2

Revising the summary forecast, 9.2

See Revising summary forecasts using the Force Change program

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S

Sales order history

copying, 4.1

reviewing and revising, 4.2

working with, 4

Set 52 Period Date form (P0008B), 3.3

Setting the revised flag processing option, 9.3.3

Setting up a planning bill, 15

Setting up detail forecasts, 3

Setting up fiscal date patterns, 3.2

Setting up forecast types, 3.4

Setting up item master information, 15.1

Setting up summary forecasts, 7

before you begin, 7

See Setting up detail forecasts

See Summary forecasts

Setting up supply/demand inclusion rules, 3.1

Setting up the 52 period date pattern, 3.3

Specifying bypassed records, 9.3.3

Statistical laws

forecast accuracy, 1.2.3

Summaries

comparing detail and summary forecasts, 6.2.1, 11.1.1

Summary Codes form (P00051), 7.1.2

Summary Constants form (P4091)Summary Constants form (P4091), 7.1.2

Summary Forecast Generation

processing options, 13.1.1

Summary forecasts, 6.1

generating, 13.1

reviewing, 9.1

revising, 9.2

revising with the Force Changes program, 9.3

setting up, 7

Summary sales order history

copying, 12.1

records for large customers, 4.1

reviewing and revising, 12.2

working with, 12

Supply/demand inclusion rules

setting up for forecasting, 3.1

Supply/Demand Inclusion Rules form (P34004), 3.1

System integration, 1.1

distribution resources planning, 1.1

master production schedule, 1.1

material requirements planning, 1.1

resource requirements planning, 1.1

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T

Tables

Address Book, 1.6

Branch/Plant Master, 1.6

Business Unit Master, 1.6

Detail Forecast, 1.5

Fast Path Command, 1.7.1

Forecast Summary Work, 1.6

Item Master, 1.6

Sales History, 1.5

Sales Order Detail, 1.5

Summary Constants, 1.5

Summary Forecast, 1.5

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UDC

forecast type, 3.4

Unit of measure, 12.1

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W

Working with detail forecasts, 5

Working with sales order history, 4

Working with summary sales order history, 12