Process

1. Forecast Consumption Logic

Specify whether the system uses forecast consumption logic. Values are:

Blank: Do not use forecast consumption.

1: Use forecast consumption.

This value invokes forecast consumption logic applied to aggregate sales order and forecast quantities within the forecast consumption period for items with a planning fence rule equal to H. If you select this option, the system uses the current Forecast Consumption Period beginning date as the default value for the Forecast Start Date.

2: Use forecast consumption by customer.

This value invokes forecast consumption logic applied to aggregate sales orders and forecast quantities for individual customers for an item with a planning fence rule equal to H. If you select this option, then the system uses the current Forecast Consumption Period beginning date as the default value for the forecast start date.

2. Forecast Type for Demand by Customer

Specify the forecast type (UDC 34/DF) that the system uses to create a forecast for the actual daily demand by the customer when you set the Forecast Consumption Logic processing option to 2. This value cannot equal any value that is selected for the Forecast Types processing option.

3. Default Customer Address Relationship

Use this processing option when the Forecast Consumption Logic processing option is set to a value of 2 for forecast consumption by customer. Use this processing option to specify the default customer address relationship that the system uses for calculating actual daily demand when a relationship is not set up using the Forecast Consumption by Customer Address Relationship program (P3406). Values are:

1: Use the ship to address book number.

2: Use the sold to address book number.

Interplant Demand Consumes Forecast

Use this processing option to specify whether to use interplant demand to consume forecast when using forecast consumption. When using any other planning rule, you can use this option to specify whether to consider interplant demand as customer demand. When the option is set, the system considers interplant demand for firm and planned transfer orders. When the option is blank, the system considers interplant demand as a separate source of demand. Values are:

Blank: Do not consider interplant demand as customer demand.

1: Consider interplant demand as customer demand.