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

224 MFG/PRO USER GUIDE — MANUFACTURING
Fig. 11.8
Forecast Worksheet
Maintenance (22.2)
Maintaining Forecasts Outside of Forecast Simulation
If you need to manually enter or modify item shipment forecasts outside
of forecasting simulation functions, use Forecast Maintenance (22.1) or
Forecast Worksheet Maintenance (22.2).
Forecast quantities entered using these functions display in weekly
buckets and appear as a demand requirement for the Monday of that
week.
To create new item forecasts for a given site and year, enter expected
weekly shipment quantities expressed in the item’s unit of measure.
You should forecast at least as many weeks as are required to cover the
cumulative lead time of the item, which is the maximum time it takes to
produce that item if none of its lower-level components are in stock.
Forecasting an item based on cumulative lead time ensures sufficient time
to respond to changes in the requirements for that item.
Note Shipment forecasts do not represent the quantity of incoming
orders, but rather the quantity expected to be shipped during a one-week
period.
Forecast Worksheet Maintenance (22.2) includes the following display
fields:
Forecast. The shipment forecast for a given week.