Maintaining Labor Forecasts

  1. Open the Labor Forecasts form.
  2. Turn off Filter-in-Place.
  3. Select the work code for which you want to change forecast requirements.
  4. Optionally, select a department and customer for which you want to define the forecast.
  5. In the Forecast Date field, select the due date for the forecast.
  6. In the Original Quantity field, specify the amount of labor to be posted within the date range, based on the Forecast Look Ahead and Forecast Look Behind values for the selected work code, department, and customer.
  7. Save the changes.

    The Outstanding Requirement amount is updated to the Original Quantity amount.

The Posted Quantity field shows the sum of hours posted for the service order labor transactions for the applicable work code, customer, and department.

The Current Demand Quantity field shows the accumulation of all planned service order labor transactions minus posted service order labor transactions for the applicable work code, customer, and department.