Outbound Product Volume Forecast

This example demonstrates how to configure a forecast group and related components to implement outbound product volume forecasting for the year 2026 using Infor WMS and Infor AI Forecasting. The forecast is based on weekly outbound volume expectations provided in CSV format, categorized by product or owner.

Example for configuring a forecast group:
  • You can specify this information on the Forecast Group tab when creating a Forecast Group:
    • Forecast Group Name: Weekly Shipping Volumes 2026
    • Forecast Group Description: Cases expected to be shipped (by owner or product) on a weekly basis for 2026
    • Forecast UOM: Cases
    • Forecast Interval: Weekly
    • Earliest Date: 12/28/2025
    • Latest Date: 12/27/2026
    • Key Field 1: Owner
    • Key Field 2: Part
    • Key Field 3: [blank]
    • Group Field 1: ABC
    • Group Field 2: Vertical
    • Group Field 3: Type
    • Group Field 4: Class
    • Group Field 5: Storage
    • Group Field 6: Preferred Carrier
    • Group Field 7: Misc 1
    • Group Field 8: [blank]
    • Group Field 9: [blank]
  • You can specify this information on the Forecasts tab:
    • Name: Infor AI Forecasting Export – Shipping 2026
    • Source: CSV
    • Status: Complete
    • Editable: Yes
    • Apply Adj: Yes
  • You can specify this information on the Adjustments tab:
    • Adjustment Priority 10 (applies to any detail records whose Owner matches ‘7700’ and whose Part matches ‘12322992’ for December 2026):
      • Adjustment Name: 12322992 December 2026 Deprecation
      • Priority: 10
      • Promotion?: No
      • Start Date: 12/1/2026
      • Start %: 100
      • End Date: 12/31/2026
      • End %: 0
      • Field 1: Owner
      • Field 1 Value: 7700
      • Field 2: Part
      • Field 2 Value: 12322992
      • Field 3: [blank]
      • Field 3 Value: [blank]
    • Adjustment Priority 20 (applies to any detail records whose owner matches ‘0803’ between June 2026 and the end of August 2026):
      • Adjustment Name: 0803 Summer 2026 Promotion
      • Priority: 20
      • Promotion?: Yes
      • Start Date: 6/1/2026
      • Start %: 100
      • End Date: 9/1/2026
      • End %: 115
      • Field 1: Owner
      • Field 1 Value: 0803
      • Field 2: [blank]
      • Field 2 Value: [blank]
      • Field 3: [blank]
      • Field 3 Value: [blank]
  • You can specify this information on theForecast Detail screen:
    • Forecast Detail data:
      • Date: 12/6/2026
      • Value: 1065.9
      • Adjusted Value: 893.99
      • Owner: 7700
      • Part: 12322992
      • ABC: A
      • Vertical: Y
      • Type: R18282
      • Class: C2
      • Storage: Any
      • Preferred Carrier: YLLW
      • Misc 1: Deprecation Soon
    • CSV File Example Data
      • CSV Import Headers:
        • Owner, Part, ABC, Vertical, Type, Class, Storage, Preferred Carrier, Misc 1, Date, Value
      • CSV Import Example Rows:
        • 7700, 12322992, A, Y, R18282, C2, Any, YLLW, "Deprecation, Future",1/4/2026,1065.900
        • 7700, 12322992, A, Y, R18282, C2, Any, YLLW, "Deprecation, soon",12/27/2026,523.42
      • CSV File starting point.