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   <Header>
      <Title>Demand forecasting in Enterprise Planning</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e188687">
         <Level1>Demand forecasting</Level1>
         <Level2>Enterprise Planning</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e188692">
         <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>
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      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>