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

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FORECASTING/MASTER SCHEDULE PLANNING 219<br />

When you are <strong>com</strong>bining records and use a multiplier, the multiplier is<br />

applied to the source quantity and the result added to the target quantity.<br />

The factor is not applied to the <strong>com</strong>bined source and target quantity.<br />

Simulation To Simulation Copy<br />

Use Simulation to Simulation Copy (22.7.11) to copy an existing forecast<br />

detail record to another forecast ID or to <strong>com</strong>bine several forecast detail<br />

records into a single detail record.<br />

To use this function, you must specify a source forecast ID identifying the<br />

forecast detail record to copy to or <strong>com</strong>bine with the target record, and a<br />

target forecast ID identifying the forecast detail record to which the<br />

source information is copied. A criteria template must exist for the<br />

specified source forecast ID.<br />

The target forecast ID you specify does not need to correspond to an<br />

existing forecast detail record or criteria template. If a corresponding<br />

record does exist for the specified target ID, its forecast method must be<br />

00. If no such record exists, the system creates a target forecast detail<br />

record with a method of 00.<br />

If you want to copy detail records for a subset of the items in the source<br />

record, you can also specify an item range to be copied.<br />

Note If the item ranges for the target and source records differ, then the<br />

target record’s range is expanded.<br />

The system <strong>com</strong>bines or copies forecast records only in terms of item<br />

units. The Combine/Replace field indicates whether to replace the target<br />

forecast quantity with the source quantity or <strong>com</strong>bine the target and<br />

source quantities. When you <strong>com</strong>bine forecast quantities, the quantity for<br />

an item in the source detail record is added to the quantity for that item in<br />

the target detail record. When you replace forecast quantities, the quantity<br />

for an item in the source record replaces the quantity for that item in the<br />

target detail record.<br />

Note You cannot separate <strong>com</strong>bined forecast records.<br />

You can increase, decrease, or scale the resulting detail record, or<br />

multiply the detail record by a trend factor.<br />

Ï See “Multipliers”<br />

on page 217 for<br />

details.

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