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RFD86S01 - Function Select
DSP01 COMMON FEATURES 5/24/94
WILLIAMS REFERENCE FILE CATEGORY D86 FUNCTION SELECT
Category Name RP FORECAST CONSUM PARMS
PLANT
Category Key BEL
XXX
Request Code 4
1 - Add
2 - Change
3 - Delete
4 - Inquire
F2=Command F3=Exit F7=End Category F8=Display List
F9=Inquiry
The Requirements Planning Forecast Consumption Parameters category allows you to determine how unconsumed forecast should be spread over a period of time. It also allows you to select whether forecast consumption should occur for all warehouses within a plant or for the manufacturing warehouse only.
PLANT
Required. This is the plant for which you want to maintain the default information. It must be a valid plant as defined on the Warehouse Description File.
Detail
RFD86S02 - Detail
WILLIAMS COMMON FEATURES 5/24/96
DSP01 REFERENCE FILE CATEGORY D86 CHANGE
Category Name RP FORECAST CONSUM PARMS
PLANT
Category Key BEL
UNCONSUMED FORECAST DATE (E-EVENLY, F-FIRST, L-LAST)
Data E
X
FORECAST CONSUMPTION LEVEL (P-PLANT, M-MFG WAREHOUSE)
Data P
X
PAST DUE UNCONSUMED FORECAST PLANNING
Data 1
X
F2=Command F3=Exit F9=Inquiry F10=Function Select
F12=Lower Case F15=Rekey Data
This screen allows you to define the specific forecast consumption parameter information for the plant that you entered on the Function Select screen.
UNCONSUMED FORECAST DATE
Required. Valid values are:
F - First day of period
E - Evenly within period
L - Last day of period
The value that you enter in this field determines how unconsumed forecast will be spread over a period of time (either a month, weeks, days, or user-defined periods).
In the following scenario, assume that there is unconsumed forecast of 100 units and the forecast consumption option chosen either in the Requirements Planning Generation or batch request is weekly.
If you enter F (first), the 100 units will be added to the first day of the week. This conservative approach ensures that inventory is available when needed.
If you enter E (evenly), the 100 units will be distributed evenly among the days of the week. For example, in a 5-day work week, 20 units will appear each day of the week.
If you enter L (last), the 100 units will be added to the last day of the week.
For monthly forecasts, requirements will be distributed evenly among the first day of each week in the month (if E is selected).
For user-defined periods. if the period is less than one week, the unconsumed forecast will be placed on the first day of the period. For periods greater than one week, the unconsumed forecast will be distributed evenly among the first day of each week in the period.
FORECAST CONSUMPTION LEVEL
Required. Valid values are P (plant) or M (manufacturing warehouse). If you enter P, forecast will be considered for all warehouses within the plant. If you enter M, forecast will be considered for the manufacturing warehouse only.
PAST DUE UNCONSUMED FORECAST PLANNING
Required. Used only for Daily MS parts or RP parts that are consumed, and only when the Actual Demand Fence falls in the middle of a forecast period. It determines the way unconsumed forecast will be processed for that period. Possible values are:
1 - Defer unconsumed forecast to after the actual demand fence
2 - Ignore unconsumed forecast before the actual demand fence
Commonly, the Actual Demand Fence and forecast consumption are performed in the same types of period. For example, forecast consumption is performed in months and the actual demand fence is defined as one month. In this scenario, the actual demand fence will always fall at the beginning of a forecast period. For all forecast periods before the actual demand fence, the system will disregard forecast and will consider only actual demand. For all forecast periods after the demand fence, the system will "net" actual demand against forecast. In this scenario, the Past Due Unconsumed Forecast Option is not used.
If the actual demand fence and forecast consumption are performed in different types of periods, the actual demand fence can fall in the middle of a period. For example, forecast consumption is performed in months and the actual demand fence is defined in weeks,. In this scenario, the Past Due Unconsumed Forecast determines how processing will occur for the period in which the demand fence falls.
If the value is 1 (Defer), all unconsumed forecast for the period will be placed after the Actual Demand Fence. If the forecast option is First of Period, all unconsumed forecast will be placed on the date of the Actual Demand Fence. If the forecast option is End of Period, all unconsumed forecast for the period will be placed on the last day of the period. If the forecast option is Spread Even, all unconsumed forecast for the period will be spread evenly among the weeks or days remaining in the period after the actual demand fence.
If the value is 2 (Ignore), unconsumed forecast will be placed in the period according to the Unconsumed Forecast Date option, without regard to the actual demand fence. Then Requirements Planning will ignore any of the unconsumed forecast that falls on or before the actual demand fence. Thus, if the forecast date option is First of Period, all unconsumed forecast for the period will be placed on the first day of the period, which will be prior to the actual demand fence and therefore all of the unconsumed forecast will be ignored. If the option is End of Period, all unconsumed forecast for the period will be placed on the last day of the period and none of the forecast will be ignored. If the option is Spread Even, the unconsumed forecast will be spread evenly among all of the days or weeks in the period, and those that fall before the actual demand fence will be ignored.
Note: This option applies only to the one period in which the demand fence falls. For periods prior to the demand fence, all forecasted demand will be ignored. For periods after the demand fence, all forecasted demand will be netted with actual demand. If the demand fence falls on the first day of the period, this option will not apply - forecast will be netted against actual demand for the period.