Example: No Planning Data Exists at Lower Levels 

  1. Enter at article level, plan sales for each article, and then save your data.
  2. Enter planning at merchandise category level and save your planning data.

Results when using proportional factors:

The system uses the proportional factors to distribute the sales for the merchandise category among the articles.

 

Results when using the current situation:

The system distributes sales for the merchandise categories to articles, according to the planned sales for each article in step 1.