Road Map: Forecast Maintenance

Use the Forecast Maintenance (MSF) program to enter a new enterprise forecast period and change an existing forecast quantity. See Background for more information.

Before you run this program each time

You should run these programs:

  • (Optional) Forecast Import (FORC) to import forecast data from an ASCII file and maintain imported data.

  • (Optional) Forecast Detail Maintenance (MSFD) to enter or change a forecast for a branch, sales representative, or customer.

  • Sales Order Maintenance (OE) to enter a sales order, and optionally obligate items and a create shipment.

OR

One-Step Invoice Entry (RE) to enter an order, obligate items, create a shipment, and confirm the shipment in one step.

OR

Quote-to-Order Transfer (EPIB) to transfer:

  • Sales orders imported from ASCII files with Order Import (EPI).

  • Sales quotations entered with EDI/Sales Quote Maintenance (QOE).

  • Customer projects transferred with Project Maintenance (PSM).

  • Orders created with Repetitive Billing Report (RBIC).

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Manufacturing Options) to set the Consume component forecast with release? option.

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options) to select a date display format for your enterprise, Branch Maintenance (TBM) to select a date display format for your branch, or User Maintenance (UIM) to select a date display format for an individual user.

  • Forecast Period Maintenance (MST) to set up forecast periods.

  • Enterprise Item Maintenance (IM) to set up inventory items for your enterprise, define the item type, select a stocking unit of measure, and enter a product class.

  • Branch Item Maintenance (IMB) to set up inventory items for your branch, and enter the Spread forecast, Planning period, and lead time fields.

  • Output Device Maintenance (XDM) to set up the output devices that you plan to use.

  • Date-Output Device Maintenance (ZE) to select your default output device and set whether you can override that device.

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs:

  1. Finished Goods Planning (MFP) program to calculate quantities of finished goods and configured products that you need to meet sales commitments and forecasts and to schedule their manufacture or purchase.

  2. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) to calculate time-phased requirements for raw material and components, plan the timely replenishment of inventory, and reschedule or cancel existing non-firm orders.

  3. Order Release Preparation (MPR) to mark planned orders and requisitions for release and print the Order Release Selection Report for planners' review.

  4. Order Release Selection (MRR) to select manufacturing orders and purchase requisitions for release.

You may also run these programs:

  • Forecast Performance Report (MFCS) to print a report that shows the difference between your forecast and actual sales and the percent of the forecast that was consumed.

  • Forecast/Consumption Purge (MSB) program to purge forecast and consumption data from the system.