Sales Orders Plus Forecast
This calculation process applies to Sales Orders Plus Forecast demand generation:
- Determine the demand time fence:
Calculate total gross requirements, by inventory item by date, as the quantity remaining greater than zero of all sales order line items with a delivery date less than or equal to, the demand time fence.
- Determine the end date.
- For each forecast period after the demand time fence and up to
and including the end date:
- Total, by inventory item by date, the quantity remaining greater than zero of all sales order line items with a delivery date greater than the demand time fence and less than or equal to the forecast period end date.
- Total, by inventory item by date, the forecast quantity.
- Create gross requirements as the sum of both sales order line item quantities and the forecast quantity.
Example
21/12/17 |
31/12/17 |
Time Fence |
01/01/18 |
05/01/18 |
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10/01/18 |
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20/01/18 |
21/01/18 |
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Forecast |
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<--------------------------------- 500 ---------------------------------> |
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Sales Orders |
15 |
75 |
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40 |
50 |
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100 |
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200 |
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Gross Req. ex Sales Orders |
15 |
75 |
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40 |
50 |
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100 |
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200 |
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Gross Req. ex Forecast |
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500 |
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Total Gross Requirements |
15 |
75 |
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540 |
50 |
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100 |
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200 |
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