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<Session ID="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0117m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Seasonal Pattern Factors (tcmcs0117m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to indicate, for example, how the demand or the
		  safety stock deviates from the standard during each seasonal-pattern period.
		  This information is used in forecast and advice functions.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <ExampleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>If the period type of the seasonal pattern = month and the
			 number of periods = 3 then you can specify a seasonal factor for 12/3 = 4
			 periods.</Paragraph>
         </ExampleSection>
         <Paragraph>If period type = week and number of periods = 4 then you can
		  specify a seasonal factor for 52/4 = 13 periods.</Paragraph>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>If you have started this session by zooming, you can only
			 find and select a record. Do not specify factors for more periods than will fit
			 in one year.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000001" role="manual">To use an overview session</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000035" role="manual">To maintain records in an overview session</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000107" role="manual">To compute the demand forecast</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000114" role="manual">Inventory planning in Enterprise Planning</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcmcs017.csea">
         <Header>
            <Title>Seasonal Pattern</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Seasonal patterns define the fluctuation of certain values,
		such as the expected usage or demand of an item in the course of a year. These
		values serve as parameters in forecast and advice.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcmcs017.peri">
         <Header>
            <Title>Period</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The period number.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>Do not define factors for more periods than defined for the
			 seasonal pattern.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tcmcs017.ssft">
         <Header>
            <Title>Seasonal Factor</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Indicates the deviation from the standard quantity.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The quantity on demand, in stock, and so on, during a
		  specific period of the seasonal pattern is the standard quantity multiplied by
		  the seasonal factor for the period. This information is used for forecast and
		  advice.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If the quantity for this period is normal, the factor is 1.0.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If the quantity for this period is more than the standard
		  quantity, the factor is &gt;1.0.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>If the quantity for this period is less than the standard
		  quantity, the factor is &lt;1.0.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>