Generating & maintaining forecasts

Generating & maintaining forecasts

How can I get items with no forecasts to display (or not display) on the forecasting screens?
The 'Display all items in a forecast item group' parameter on the Forecast tab of the parameters enables or disables the display of no forecasts.   ...
Wed, 20 May, 2020 at 9:13 AM
Why don’t I see anything on the Forecast Entry/Review form after generating demand history and base forecasts?
There are 5 possible reasons for this: No customers have been assigned  Forecast Customer and/or Forecast Sales Groups.  In this case Generate Demand Hist...
Mon, 26 Aug, 2019 at 11:10 AM
Can forecasts be displayed in different periods e.g. weekly for 4 weeks then monthly?
You can’t have multiple different-sized forecasting periods within the module but you can split forecasts into various size buckets when they are copied to ...
Mon, 26 Aug, 2019 at 11:12 AM
What data is used to generate base demand history?
The following transactions are used to generate base demand history: Sales demand- if the 'Independent demand source' forecasting parameter is ...
Thu, 16 Jul, 2020 at 2:50 PM
Calculation of prices on generated demand history and forecasts
Sales prices on 'base' demand history records created by Generate demand history are calculated as ΣAmount/ΣSalesQty over the sales order or sales...
Mon, 6 Nov, 2023 at 9:37 AM
Calculation of prices on demand history adjustments and forecast adjustments
Demand adjustments created when demand history quantities are entered or changed using the Demand History Adjustments screen, are priced as follows: A dem...
Mon, 6 Nov, 2023 at 9:38 AM
Can I generate demand history just for an item that has sales orders but previously hasn't been forecast?
You assign the item a Forecast item group and switch its ‘Full demand history rebuild required’ flag on.  When you next run Generate demand history, it will...
Thu, 10 Oct, 2019 at 8:47 AM
What happens on the forecasting forms if different items have different Forecast Dimension Groups?
The dimension fields for each item will only display data if that dimension is active for the item, so some dimension fields could be blank for some of the ...
Mon, 26 Aug, 2019 at 9:23 AM
Importing forecasts
If you wish to import forecasts from a customer or another system, we recommend you import them under the Forecast manual/adjustments model specified in the...
Mon, 26 Aug, 2019 at 10:43 AM
What happens when an item's forecasts contain fewer dimensions than the item's coverage dimensions?
The final forecasts used by Master Planning are either split over the item's coverage dimensions using Forecast Allocations which are calculated from de...
Sat, 1 Jul, 2023 at 11:49 AM