Use
When a generic article has logistical variants, the procurement variant can differ from the sales variant. When this is the case, you run a forecast for the sales variant only, but not for the procurement variant. Requirements are also planned for the procurement variant only. The system determines the requirement for the procurement variant on the basis of the forecast values for the sales variant.
Prerequisites
Example
The following variants exist of a generic article:
Requirements are planned as follows:
Consumption figures for the last periods (in pieces) were: 185, 190, 195, 190. A forecast is run for the variant "piece". On the basis of the consumption figures, the forecast requirement for the next period is 190 pieces.
Requirements are planned for the variant "carton". The system uses the forecast requirement for the variant "piece". The requirement (190 pieces) is rounded off to multiples of the procurement variant "carton". This results in a requirement of two cartons (i.e. 200 pieces).