How You Stop Forecasts from a Product Discontinuation Date

This topic explains how you can stop a forecast for a product starting from a discontinuation date.

How to Set Up This Feature

Do the following to set up this feature:

• Load a discontinuation date into the predefined Discontinuation Date measure using the file-based data import (FBDI) template for Supply Chain Planning measures.

  Alternatively, you can manually enter a discontinuation date into the predefined Adjusted Discontinuation Date measure. You can also use this measure to override the imported value in the Discontinuation Date measure.

• Add the DiscontinueDateMeasure forecasting parameter to your user-defined forecasting profile that's based on Bayesian machine learning.

  This forecasting parameter is in the General Settings category in the Add Parameter to Viewable List dialog box.

  Note: You can't use this forecasting parameter in a forecasting profile that uses feature-based machine learning. You also can't add this forecasting parameter to a predefined forecasting profile.

• Select the predefined Final Discontinuation Date measure or a user-defined measure for the forecasting parameter.

  This measure returns the value of the Adjusted Discontinuation Date measure if it has a value. Otherwise, the Final Discontinuation Date measure returns the value of the Discontinuation Date measure.

• Optionally, add the Final Discontinuation Date, Adjusted Discontinuation Date, and Discontinuation Date measures to a table so that you can view and adjust the data.

  The forecasting process uses the value of the measure selected for the DiscontinueDateMeasure forecasting parameter even if the measure isn't present in a table.

Points to Consider

Note these points while using this feature:

• Ensure the following if you create a measure to use instead of the Final Discontinuation Date measure:

  • The measure has the same dimensions as those of the output measure of the forecasting profile except for the Time dimension.

  • You enable the measure for the work areas for which the forecasting profile is enabled.

  • The measure is in the measure catalog for the plan.

• The forecast is generated through the end of the forecasting horizon if these conditions are met:

  • The selected measure for the DiscontinueDateMeasure forecasting parameter doesn't contain a date.

  • The discontinuation date is after the forecast end date.

• If the discontinuation date falls within a time bucket, the beginning of the time bucket is taken as the discontinuation date.

• The discontinuation date is respected at the lowest level of the forecasting tree of your forecasting profile. For example, if the lowest level is a combination of the Item and Organization levels, the forecast stops on the same discontinuation date for all customers and demand classes within the same item-organization combination. If the discontinuation date varies by customer or demand class within the item-organization combination, the latest discontinuation date is used.

  To respect varying discontinuation dates by customers for the same item, configure your forecast tree with the Product and Customer dimensions so that the lowest level is a combination of the Item and Customer Site levels.