Planning Horizon Time Periods

You can specify both forecast consumption and period end dates of the time series on the Work with Forecast Consumption Revision form. You specify the number of daily, weekly, and FCP periods that are included in the planning horizon in the processing option for the MPS - Gross Regeneration version of the MRP/MPS Requirements Planning program. The system does not allow more than 52 total time series and forecast consumption period buckets.

If you specify a number of planning horizon weeks in the processing options and the time series end does not coincide with a forecast consumption period end, the system creates another time series bucket to reflect the forecast consumption period.

If you define the forecast consumption periods by month and the forecast consumption period end does not coincide with the month-end date in the shop floor calendar, the system displays the forecast consumption date (not the month-end date) as a time series bucket.

You can set a processing option so that the system highlights all of the forecast consumption periods on Time Series Inquiry. This action helps you differentiate between the time series and the forecast consumption periods.