Use this window to create and maintain forecasts for items. For more information about how to create and maintain forecasts, see Managing Forecasts.
To open the window, choose
.Note This topic documents fields and other elements in this window that either are not self-explanatory or require additional information. End of the note. |
Specify code and meaningful name for the forecast. |
Specify the period to which the forecasts is related. The date range is automatically adjusted according to the specified View. Example The value in the View field is Daily, you specify a date range of 10 days, then, you change the View to Weekly. The date range is automatically updated to cover two whole weeks. End of the example. Example You enter March 4, 2011 as the start date and March 15 as the end date with the field View elected as Monthly. SAP Business One changes the two dates automatically to the beginning of the month, March 1, 2011 and the end of the month, March 31, 2011. End of the example. |
Select the view in which you want to manage the forecast. Each view defines a time-bucket resolution by which the forecast is managed. The values are:
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Enter the quantity of the forecast item in each period for which demand has been forecast. |
Adjusts forecast quantities by a defined percentage. To do so, proceed as follows:
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Displays the sales UoM of this item as defined in the item master data. By default, this column is not displayed. To display this column, click (Form Settings) in the toolbar. To view the definitions of Sales UoM and Items per Sales Unit, choose .To convert the forecast screen data to inventory quantities, multiply the forecast data by the value in the Items per Sales Unit field. Example You set the Items per Sales Unit to 5 for item A001, and the quantity entered into the item forecast for a specific day is 10. If this forecast is included in the MRP calculation, it will add a demand of 5 x 10 = 50 items to the total demand for that specific day. End of the example. Note Sales orders may have different Items per Sales Unit definitions. Therefore, when consuming a forecast using sales orders in an MRP run, the application converts sales order quantities based on the same definition of Items per Sales Unit as the forecast before actually consuming the forecast. End of the note. |
To select additional fields, such as Item Group and Sales UoM, click (Form Settings) in the toolbar. You can also choose to display the column headers for the MRP results in an abbreviated or long format.