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   <Header>
      <Title>Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e182729">
         <Level1>Confirmed demand and unconfirmed demand</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e182732">
         <Level1>Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e182735">
         <Level1>VMI</Level1>
         <Level2>confirmed demand and unconfirmed demand</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e182740">
         <Level1>Unconfirmed forecast</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e182743">
         <Level1>Confirmed forecast</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>This topic discusses the concept of confirmed and unconfirmed
		forecast, and presents an overview of the functionality.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>For instructions on setting up the various options, refer to
		  the following topics:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000477" role="manual">How to set up confirmed forecast (customer side)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000478" role="manual">How to set up confirmed forecast (supplier side)</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>For a description of the algorithm to determine which part of
		the total forecast is confirmed forecast, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000484" role="manual">How to determine the confirmed forecast</Link>
      </Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <ConceptSection>
      <SectionTitle>Reliability of the forecast to supplier</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If you use <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000469" role="glossary">vendor managed inventory (VMI)</Link> and the supplier plans the
		supply on behalf of the customer, the supplier can plan based on <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">forecast</Link> received from the customer.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The customer can differentiate between confirmed and
		  unconfirmed forecast:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>confirmed forecast</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>The part of the total forecast for which the customer
			 confirms that this part will be consumed.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>Typically, confirmed forecast is derived from actual sales
			 orders, sales schedules, and so on.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>unconfirmed forecast</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The part of the total forecast for which the customer is unsure
		  whether this quantity will be needed.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The sum of the confirmed forecast and the unconfirmed forecast
		is called <Emphasis>total forecast</Emphasis>. Usually, the total forecast
		includes the demand based on actual sales orders for the customer's end
		products and forecast demand based on estimated future sales.</Paragraph>
   </ConceptSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To use unconfirmed forecast</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If you differentiate between confirmed forecast and unconfirmed
		forecast, you can choose whether the supply planning is based on the confirmed
		forecast or on the total forecast.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>With confirmed supply</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000466" role="glossary">VMI supplier</Link> sends the customer messages with the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> that the customer can expect to receive,
		  the supplier can calculate the confirmed supply based on <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/csbo#total.forecast" role="option">Total Forecast</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/csbo#cnfirm.forecast" role="option">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>In both cases, the supplier bases the supply planning on the
		  confirmed supply.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Without confirmed supply</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If the supplier does not send the customer messages with the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> that the customer can expect to receive,
		  the supplier can base the supply planning on <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/rpbo#total.forecast" role="option">Total Forecast</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/rpbo#confd.forecast" role="option">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>If the planning is based on <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/rpbo#total.forecast" role="option">Total Forecast</GUIRef>, the supplier can base the replenishment on <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/rpbo#total.forecast" role="option">Total Forecast</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/rpbo#confd.forecast" role="option">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef>. If the planning is based on <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/rpbo#confd.forecast" role="option">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef>, the replenishment can be based on <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/rpbo#confd.forecast" role="option">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef>. In both cases, you can handle the replenishment also
		  completely manually.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Item supplier plan and item customer plan</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>In the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000464" role="glossary">item supplier plan</Link> and the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000467" role="glossary">item customer plan</Link>, ERP Enterprise displays the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0520m000#f.demand.total" role="manual">Total Demand</GUIRef> field and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0520m000#f.demand.conf" role="manual">Confirmed Demand</GUIRef> field in adjacent columns. ERP Enterprise also displays the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0520m000#f.plan.avail.tot" role="manual">Planned Avail. (Total)</GUIRef> and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0520m000#f.plan.avail.conf" role="manual">Planned Available (Confirmed)</GUIRef> fields, which show
		  whether the supplier can prevent inventory shortages. A negative planned
		  available quantity indicates a projected inventory shortage.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>If the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000466" role="glossary">VMI supplier</Link> cannot fill the total forecast, the item
		  plans shows whether the supplier can at least cover the confirmed forecast.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000490" role="manual">Forecast (VMI)</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000484" role="manual">How to determine the confirmed forecast</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000470" role="manual">Supply planning by supplier</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000477" role="manual">How to set up confirmed forecast (customer side)</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000478" role="manual">How to set up confirmed forecast (supplier side)</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000491" role="manual">Confirmed supply (VMI)</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000486" role="manual">VMI planning based on forecast</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000496" role="manual">Planning on total forecast, replenishment on confirmed forecast</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>