Index

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

Numbers

52 period date pattern
setting up, 3.3

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

B

Bill of Material Revisions - Z File program (P3002Z), 15.2, C
Branch/plant data
reviewing, 7.3
Business Units by Company form (P0006A), 7.3.1

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, 1.2
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

D

Date Pattern Revisions form (P0008), 3.2.2
Defining the distribution hierarchy, 7.1
before you begin, 7.1.2
Demand patterns, 1.1.2
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

E

Enter/Change Actuals form (P3460), 4.2.1
Enter/Change Bill form (P3002), 15.2
Enter/Change Bill (P3002)
fold area, 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

F

Features
demand patterns, 1.1.2
forecast accuracy, 1.1.3
forecasting, 1.1
Fiscal date pattern
setting up, 3.2
Forecast accuracy
statistical laws, 1.1.3
Forecast considerations, 1.2
See Appendix A - Forecast calculation examples
Forecast Summary Detail form (P34200W), 9.1
Forecast Summary Revisions form (P3400), 9.2
Forecast Summary Revisions (P3400)
fold area, 9.2
Forecast Text form (P0016), 5.3
Forecast types
setting up, 3.4
Forecast Types form (P00051), 3.4
Forecasting
features, 1.1
Forecasting level and methods, 1.1.1
Forecasting overview, 1
Forecasting process, 1.3
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

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

I

Importing Mass Data, 15.2, C
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

L

Levels and methods, 1.1.1
best fit, 1.1.1
calculated percent over last year, 1.1.1
exponential smoothing, 1.1.1
flexible method, 1.1.1
geometrically weighted moving average, 1.1.1
last year to this year, 1.1.1
linear approximation, 1.1.1
methods, 1.1.1
moving average, 1.1.1
percent over last year, 1.1.1
second degree approximation, 1.1.1, 1.1.1
weighted moving average, 1.1.1

M

Manufacturing Z file processing programs, C
Multi Level Bill Inquiry form (P30200), 15.2

O

Overview
forecasting, 1
revising summaries of forecasts, 9
system integration, 1.6

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

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

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, 1.1.3
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, 1.6
distribution resources planning, 1.6
master production schedule, 1.6
material requirements planning, 1.6
resource requirements planning, 1.6

T

Tables
Address Book, 1.5
Branch/Plant Master, 1.5
Business Unit Master, 1.5
Detail Forecast, 1.4
Forecast Summary Work, 1.5
Item Master, 1.5
Sales History, 1.4
Sales Order Detail, 1.4
Summary Constants, 1.4
Summary Forecast, 1.4

U

UDC
forecast type, 3.4
Unit of measure, 12.1

W

Working with detail forecasts, 5
Working with sales order history, 4
Working with summary sales order history, 12

Z

Z file processing programs, 15.2, C