Forecast from Customer (cpvmi0107m000)
Use this session to enter the forecast data received from your customer.
Electronic messaging is the recommended method to exchange forecast and confirmed-supply data. If electronic messaging is not available, you can resort to this session to enter data received by fax or other methods.
- After you set a revision of the forecast to Accepted, you can no longer change that forecast record.
- The possibility to change forecast data is intended only to correct data-entry errors. If you make other changes, you may cause deviations between your version of the data and the customer's version.
- The data you enter must be in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions agreement.
Field Information
- Plan Item
- Sold-to BP
- Revision
- Accepted
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If this check box is selected, you accepted the forecast.
The planning process only uses the forecast that has been accepted.
After the forecast has been accepted for a particular revision, you can no longer change the forecast record for that revision.
Note: The Automatic Accept Forecast field in the Planning Parameters (cprpd0100m000) session does not affect the records you entered in this session. You must accept this forecast manually. - Start Date
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The date this forecast period starts.
- Total Forecast
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The sum of the confirmed part and the unconfirmed part of the forecast.
- Confirmed Forecast
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The confirmed part of the forecast.
- Unit
- Specification
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If this check box is selected, a specification is present.
To display or enter the specification, in the menu, click .
- Reference
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The supply that can fill this demand must have been allocated or demand pegged to this reference code.
LN uses this characteristic to find a matching supply for this demand.
LN uses the Reference field to record an internal reference.
You can use a reference code to keep a collection of parts linked together, even if they follow different routings, for example, if some of the parts are transported to a subcontractor to be returned later.
If you enter a value here, you must also have communicated this reference with the customer.
- Business Partner
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The supply that can fill this demand must have been allocated or demand pegged to this sold-to business partner.
- Use Unallocated Inventory
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If this check box is selected, this forecast demand can be filled by unallocated inventory or unpegged supply orders. LN first uses allocated inventory and then unallocated inventory.
If this check box is cleared, only properly allocated inventory can be used.
- Unconfirmed Forecast
- Reference from Message
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If this check box is selected, you receive the reference code by electronic messaging.
- Demand Pegging Type
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The type of allocation or demand pegged, which determines the specification attributes used for demand and supply matching.
Allowed values
- Order Based
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This type is used to allocate inventory and hard peg orders to a specific demand order.
The demand peg specifies the sold-to business partner and the order/position/sequence.
- Internal Reference Based
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This type is used to allocate inventory and hard peg orders to specific internal references.
- Customer Reference Based
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This type is used to allocate inventory and hard peg orders to a specific customer reference.
The demand peg specifies the sold-to business partner and the reference.
- Customer Location Based
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This type is used to allocate inventory and hard peg orders to a specific customer location.
The demand peg specifies the sold-to business partner and ship-to business partner.
- Customer Based
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This type is used to allocate inventory and hard peg orders to a specific customer. The demand peg specifies the sold-to business partner.
- Not Applicable
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No pegging type can be selected.