Forecasting Details
Theforecasting detailspage, accessible fromProcurement -> Forecasts, shows the forecast details - products, required materials, and action dates.
This page allows:
- creating a procurement forecast,
- 更新现有的预测,
- creating manufacturing orders and purchase orders based on the forecast,
- adding notes,
- exporting the forecast to Excel or PDF.
Jump to:
Creating a procurement forecast
For creating a procurement forecast:
- Go toProcurement -> Forecasts和click创造.
- Enter theforecast title识别它(例如,“第三季度”)。
- Select, whether:
a)将在计算中考虑可用零件(即已经有库存的可用物品,还有仍在等待收到的可用物品);
b) available parts will be ignored in the calculation. - Enterproducts和quantitiesthat are planned to be produced in the future.
- Enter theDue date何时应该有库存。仅与Backward Production Schedulingfunctionality.
- Select whether the forecast should consider current available inventory, or ignore it.
- ClickCalculate materials and timingbutton. As a result:
- For every product, the software shows when a manufacturing order should be started.
- A list of required raw materials is displayed (part, quantity, cost, vendor, last order date).
- The forecast is saved. - Manufacturing orders can be scheduled to the production plan by checking the productsMO column和clicking创造manufacturing ordersbutton.
- 可以通过选择材料来创建采购订单PO column和clicking the创造purchase ordersbutton.
Multi-site forecasting
If there are multiple production sites, there are two options to choose from when creating a forecast:
- Select one site for the forecast.
- 选择选项All sitesfor considering all sites in the forecast.
If a site is selected:
- 该软件计算所需的制造和采购订单。
- The manufacturing orders can be added to the production schedule at the selected site.
IfAll sitesoption is selected:
- The software calculates the total quantity of materials that are required to produce all the desired products.
- 不可能创建制造和采购订单, because these must be placed at particular sites.