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   <Header>
      <Title>Function: Forecast master data</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1940757">
         <Level1>Forecast master data</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>This function defines the forecast master data, such as the
		  following:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Channels</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Forecast method</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Forecast parameters</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Scenarios.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>This data is required to generate a forecast and a demand
		plan.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process: Forecast Master Data (code: MDM00a)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The objective of this process is to generate forecasts.
		Forecasts can be derived from budgets or statistics. You can maintain sales
		budgets and statistics in the sales statistics and analysis main process, after
		which you can define channels. Channels are used to limit consumption of the
		supply for particular customers. Before you generate a forecast, you can
		maintain a scenario.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can generate a forecast by copying a sales budget. This
		option is used if the forecast is related to a product market
		combination.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Forecasts can also be derived from statistics. This option is
		used to generate a forecast based on delivery data. This forecast is useful if
		the delivery history of a plan item drives future expectations.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>After the forecast is generated, you can review the forecast by
		item or channel.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Assumptions:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>This process is applicable to all typologies. The setup of
		  forecasting parameters can differ for a project-related environment, for a
		  repetitive-production environment, based on, for example, history, or based on
		  sales-budgets prognoses.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>The setup of forecasting parameters can differ, for example,
		  for a project-related environment or repetitive-production environment.
		  However, the differences are on data level and not on process level.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">IT support:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>LN Planning</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>