Forecast

Form ID: (AM202000)

You use this form to maintain the forecast used by the MRP regeneration process performed on the Regenerate MRP (AM505000) form. You can use the Generate Forecast (AM502000) form to generate the forecasts.

Tip: If you wish to delete some forecasts, use a filter to select the records to delete and then you can safely use the Delete button on the form toolbar.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu.

Table

The table displays the forecast data for inventory items and subitems if configured.

The table toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Table Toolbar.

Column Description
Inventory ID The stock item for the forecasted line.
Subitem The subitem of the inventory item.
This column is visible only if the Inventory Subitems feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
Important: The Inventory Subitems check box has been removed from the Enable/Disable Features form because the functionality associated with the Inventory Subitems feature will be phased out. If you have this feature enabled in your system, the associated functionality remains available. To disable the feature, contact your MYOB support provider.
Warehouse The warehouse for the forecasted line.
Interval Interval that the forecast will occur in the period of time specified. The possible values are the following:
  • One Time
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Yearly
Begin Date The forecast is effective as of this date.
End Date The last day this forecast is effective unless another forecast having the same item and warehouse and optionally customer has a begin date earlier than this end date.
Quantity The forecast quantity in the base units of measure.
UOM

The base unit of measure for the item.
Customer

The customer for the forecasted line. The MRP process will net sales orders for a specific customer against a forecast for that customer. If you enter a customer specific forecast, you should not enter a non-customer specific forecast because sales orders for the specific customer will net against both.
Customer Name The name of the customer for the forecasted line.
Dependent This is the forecast type. The possible values are the following:
  • Dependent (the check box is selected): This forecast may be consumed by actual demand (sales orders) with promise dates between the Begin Date and End Date of the forecast.
  • Independent (the check box is cleared): Regardless of what the sales orders say, this forecast is not consumed by any sales orders in the system. MRP will always plan based on the quantity of the forecast specified.
Active A check box that shows if the forecast is active or not. If the user does not want MRP to consider the forecast anymore the flag will need to be unchecked, otherwise it will become inactive when the end date has passed.
Description The description for the stock Item.