Display Demand Sources

When you click Peg demand in the Planning Profile Maintenance (MPM) or Planning Profile Inquiry (MRD) programs, these fields display all sources of demand for the item.

Field Name

Displays

Demand type

A description of the demand:

Customer order:

A sales order

Material usage:

A released manufacturing order that has not been completely received into finished goods

See Background.

Outgoing transfer:

A transfer to another branch

Parent demand:

Demand generated by demand for the item's parent

Safety stock:

The minimum quantity to be kept in the stockroom at all times

Scrap:

The quantity required by expected scrap percent

Service fcst:

Forecast in the New forecast field for the number of months in the Ext fcst by mo field when the Update in MFU? field in the Branch Item Maintenance (IMB) program is blank

Unconsumed forecast:

Sales orders do not equal the forecast quantity for the period; for a component,  manufacturing orders do not equal the forecast

An order that exceeds the forecast quantity for the current period does not affect the unconsumed forecast of a previous period.

If you do not want Unconsumed forecast to display for previous periods, select the Excl past due? field in the item's record in the Branch Item Maintenance (IMB) program.

Demand qty

The quantity ordered on a sales order, requested for a transfer, or required for a manufacturing order; total demand displays on last line

Parent/Cust order

For a dependent item, the number of its parent item
For a parent item, the branch number, sales order number, and line

Sales orders no longer display after you confirm shipment.

ECL

The Engineering change Level (ECL) of the parent item

Order no

The order number that generated demand for this item

Due

The date this demand order is due; for a sales order, this is the date wanted, which may not be on the shop calendar

LT

The number of shop days required to build this item

Frm

F: This order is firm
Blank
: This order can be rescheduled or cancelled

Src cd

A code that correlates with the demand type

  1. Select a demand order and click Order to display that order.

If the order is a

See

Manufacturing order

Display Components on a Manufacturing Order

Customer order

Display a Summarized Sales Order

Transfer

Display a Branch Transfer

Requisition

Display Requisition Detail

Click OK or Exit to return to this program.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Print the demand listing

Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Display the selected demand order

Click Order. See step 1.

Exit demand

Click Exit.

Exit and return to the menu

Click Quit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To

Do This

Display the list in reverse order

Click For/Rev.

Review your options for this program

Click Prog opts. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Display periods from a specific period

Click Restart. The program prompts Per. Enter the number of the first period you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first period in the file.

Print the planning period listing

Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.

Enter or change a planned order

Click Update. See Enter a Planned Order, Change the Quantity for a Planned Order, Break a Planned Order into Multiple Orders, or Move the Due Date for a Planned Order.

Display all sources of demand for this item

Click Peg demand.

Display all sources of supply of this item

Click Peg supply. See Display Supply Sources for an Item.

Exit this item

Click Exit.

Exit and return to the menu

Click Quit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To

Do This

Display the selected record

Click OK.

Display the previous record in the file

Click Prev.

Display the next record in the file

Click Next.

Exit the program

Click Exit.