Forecast Run 

Use

During the forecast run, the system calculates forecast results for each of the selected location products.

Prerequisites

You have defined a forecast service profile that contains the forecast service and have specified this service profile in the planning profile of the planning service SPP: Forecast Service (SPP_FCS_SERVICE).

For more information, see Use of the Planning Service Manager in SPP and Planning Services for Forecasting.

Features

You can either schedule the forecast run as a regular planning service of the Planning Service Manager (PSM) or start it manually from the Interactive Forecasting screen. You get to the Interactive Forecasting screen on the SAP Easy Access screen under Advanced Planning and Optimization → Service Parts Planning (SPP) → Planning → Forecasting.

During the forecast run, the system reads the parameters in the forecast profile at location product level.

If you have not defined a forecast profile for a location product, the forecast run determines a forecast profile using inheritance logic.

Depending on the forecast strategy that you have selected for the location product, the system uses the values from the final demand history to calculate forecast values for the following key figures:

●     Demand

●     Number of order items

●     Average demand size per order item

You can display the calculated forecast values on the Interactive Forecasting screen. For more information, see Display Forecast Results.