MFG/PRO 9.0 User Guide Volume 3: Manufacturing - QAD.com

FORECASTING/MASTER SCHEDULE PLANNING 215
Note You must enter forecast detail records created outside of
MFG/PRO manually using Detail Forecast Maintenance (22.7.7) or load
them into MFG/PRO using the CIM interface.
When you run a forecast calculation, any existing criteria templates or
forecast detail records with the same forecast ID are automatically
deleted.
Criteria templates used to calculate forecasts can be further modified only
when doing another calculation using Simulated Forecast Calculation.
Manually Creating Forecasts
You can use Forecast Detail Maintenance (22.7.7) to manually create
forecast detail records.
Note You cannot manually create a rolling forecast.
When loading forecast results using the CIM interface or manually
entering forecasts using Forecast Detail Maintenance, you must specify a
forecast ID, year, and item number. The system automatically sets the
forecast method to 00 and generates a criteria template, which is stored
under the same forecast ID as the detail record.
Modifying Forecast Results
Forecast quantities may require modification to be more reflective of
future market demand. This is especially true when forecast results are
based on historical data that included unprecedented sales—for example,
sales due to a sales promotion or a natural disaster. When you believe that
future demand will not be similar to sales history, you can adjust existing
forecast detail records accordingly.
Note Modify forecast detail records as needed before copying forecast
quantities to the summary forecast files used by MRP.
You can use Detail Forecast Maintenance (22.7.7) to modify forecast
detail records produced by forecast calculations or loaded into the system
using the CIM interface.
Ï See “Manually
Creating
Forecasts” on
page 215.
Ï See User Guide
Volume 11:
Manager
Functions for
information about
the CIM
interface.