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   <Header>
      <Title>Forecast Consumption</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e198916">
         <Level1>Forecast Consumption</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e198919">
         <Level1>Demand-forecast Consumption</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e198922">
         <Level1>Consuming Demand Forecast</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>In the logistic planning
      process, demand forecasts are used as an estimate of future demand. In the
      course of time, this estimate is gradually filled in by actual orders. This
      process is known as forecast consumption: the forecast is consumed by actual
      demand.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The goal of forecast consumption is to determine which part
        of the demand forecast is already matched by actual orders, and which part is
        not. During the planning process, the following demand is taken into account:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>The actual demand</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000043" role="glossary">nonconsumed demand forecast</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>In addition to direct
      customer demand, there can also be <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000074" role="glossary">dependent demand</Link> for an item, resulting from the explosion
      of requirements for another item. If you wish, you can include dependent demand
      in your forecasts, by selecting the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.depd" role="manual">Dependent Demand Forecast</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session. In this case, dependent demand is also used
      to consume forecast demand.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The way in which LN applies forecast consumption depends
        on the value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.osys" role="manual">Maintain Master Plans</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session for the plan item involved:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>If the plan item has an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link>, forecast
        consumption is applied to the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000009" role="glossary">demand plan</Link> in the item
        master plan, and in the corresponding <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000020" role="glossary">channel master plans</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If the plan item has no
        item master plan, forecast consumption is applied to the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000017" role="glossary">special demand</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/dsp/cpdsp2100m000" role="session">Special Demand by Item (cpdsp2100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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</ManualTopic>