Understanding Demand

Each order that is inserted into the demand table (IN_DEMAND) is identified by eight fields that make up its demand key: inventory business unit, demand source, source business unit, order number, order line, schedule line number, demand line number and item ID.

Demand Sources

Because many interfacing PeopleSoft applications can assign sequential order numbers to its own orders passed to PeopleSoft Inventory fulfillment, order numbers may no longer be unique when PeopleSoft Inventory accepts the requests. To ensure that the system stores unique order information, PeopleSoft Inventory requires that you identify each order with the Inventory business unit, demand source (the PeopleSoft application creating the order), source business unit (the business unit that created the order), and the order number. For example, a sales order that is sent to PeopleSoft Inventory for fulfillment would be uniquely identified within the inventory business unit by the inventory business unit, the demand source code of OM, the order management business unit, and the order number assigned in the PeopleSoft Order Management.

These abbreviations indicate valid sources of demand:

Demand entered in PeopleSoft Inventory using the Create/Update Stock Request component, the Express Issue component (except for return-to-vendor), the Create Par Replenishment Requests process, or the following demand fulfillment EIPs; Inventory_Create_Stock_Request, Inventory_Front_End_Shipping, and Inventory_Shipping.

Demand originating from sales orders in PeopleSoft Order Management.

Demand created by the Apply Planning Updates process for new planned messages originating from PeopleSoft Supply Planning.

Demand created from requisitions in the PeopleSoft Purchasing sourcing processes.

Demand to return stock to a supplier. This demand source is based on a return-to-vendor request created using the Express Issue component, the Create/Update Stock Request component, the Inventory_Create_Stock_Request EIP, or the Inventory_Shipping EIP.

Demand created by a work order from PeopleSoft Maintenance Management