Forecast Distribution Example

The forecast demand can be distributed across the days of the specified period by different methods for planning purposes.

Example

The the demand forecast for the item master plan:

Week 11Week 12
Demand Forecast100100

 

The corresponding day capacities are:

Week 11CapacityWeek 12Capacity
March 140March 210
March 158hMarch 220
March 1616hMarch 2324h
March 178hMarch 2424h
March 1816hMarch 2524h
March 198hMarch 260
March 200March 270

 

Based on the option you specified in the Forecast Distribution field of the Planning Parameters (cprpd0100m000) session, one of these distributions is generated:

Distributed over days of the period

DateDemand
March 1514
March 1629
March 1714
March 1829
March 1917
March 2367
March 2466
March 2567

 

Note

The rounding differences are spread within the specified period.

Distributed over the last day of a period

DateDemand
March 20100
March 27200