Exploding the Forecast to the Item Level

You use the planning bill to explode a forecast for the total number of products down to the level of the specific combination of options and features that are included in each saleable end item.

As you set up a planning bill, you designate each level of the item hierarchy end item level as an average parent with a planning code of 4. You designate the saleable end items as components of the phantom parents with a planning code of 5.

As you generate the planning bill forecast, you use processing options to designate a forecast type to be read as input and a forecast type to be calculated for the components. You also designate the calculated forecast type as the second type to be read so that it can be exploded down through each level of the hierarchy until the forecast is applied to the saleable end items.