Forecast Types

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management uses Forecast Type (34/DF) to differentiate the multiple forecasts that reside in the Forecast File table (F3460). Forecast Type can identify actual sales history, a system generated best fit forecast, each of the 12 generated forecast methods, or manually entered forecasts. Each time that sales history is extracted or a forecast is generated, you can select a forecast type to identify the data.

You can set up multiple forecasts for the same item, branch/plant, and date by using different forecast types. You can use existing codes or add codes to the UDC table 34/DF to identify forecast types.

This table illustrates different types of forecasts:

Code	Description	Hard Coded
01	Simple Percent Over Last Year	Y
11	Exponential Smoothing	Y
AA	Actual Sales	N
BF	Best Simulated Forecast	N
MF	Maintenance Forecast	N
MM	Maintenance Management	N/A
PP	Production Plan	N/A
SP	Service Parts Forecast	N

Processing options in the Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP), Master Production Schedule (MPS), and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) versions of MRP/MPS Requirements Planning (R3482) enable you to enter forecast type codes to define which forecasting types to use in calculations.