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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Demand forecasting in Enterprise Planning</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Demand forecasting</Level1>
			<Level2>Enterprise Planning</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Forecasting</Level1>
			<Level2>Enterprise Planning</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> offers demand-forecasting functionality for items and item/channel combinations.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The demand-forecasting functionality in Enterprise Planning includes forecast-consumption logic: forecasts are gradually filled in (consumed) by actual demand. During supply planning, actual demand and <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000043" role="glossary">nonconsumed demand-forecast</Link> quantities are taken into account.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Demand forecasting and forecast consumption are available for <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link> as well as for <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order planning</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Demand-forecasting techniques</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>Enterprise Planning works with three categories of forecasts:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000015" role="glossary">Demand forecast</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000016" role="glossary">Extra demand</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000017" role="glossary">Special demand</Link>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>If a plan item does not have an item master plan, only special demand is available. In this case, you can manually enter forecasts in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp2100m000" role="session">Special Demand by Item (cpdsp2100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>If you maintain an item master plan for an item, all types of forecasts are available. Together, they form the item's <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000009" role="glossary">demand plan</Link>. In this case, you can obtain a demand forecast in the following ways:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Enter the data manually</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Calculate from demand history</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Copy from sales budgets</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Download forecasts from an external application</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000304" role="manual">Demand and Inventory Planning</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000319" role="manual">Demand Forecasting without an Item Master Plan</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000320" role="manual">Demand Forecasting with an Item Master Plan</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000080" role="manual">Channels in Enterprise Planning</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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