| Forecast by Revision from Customer (cpvmi0506m100) |  |
| Use this session to display the forecast you received from your customer. To view a list of revisions, use the Forecast Revisions from Customer (cpvmi0506m000) session. To view the situation based on confirmed supply values from the previous revision, on the appropriate menu, click View confirmed supply previous revision. Before you can use a forecast revision in a planning run, the revision must be accepted. If the Automatic Accept Forecast check box in the EP Parameters (cprpd0100m000) session has been selected, revisions are automatically accepted upon receipt. Related topics Supply planning by supplier To perform the supply planning for your customer - Procedure
Fields | Description
Plan Item | An item with the order system Planned. The production, distribution, or purchase of these items is planned in Enterprise Planning based on the forecast or the actual demand. You can plan these items by means of the following: Master-based planning, which is similar to master production scheduling techniques. Order-based planning, which is similar to material-requirements planning techniques. A combination of master-based planning and order-based planning. Plan items can be one of the following: An actual manufactured or purchased item. A product family. A basic model, that is, a defined product variant of a generic item. A group of similar plan items or families is called a product family. The items are aggregated to give a more general plan than the one devised for individual items. A code displayed by the item code's cluster segment shows that the plan item is a clustered item that is used for distribution planning.
Sold-to BP | Usually a customer's purchase department, the business partner who orders goods or services from your organization, that owns the configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform a project. Details of the agreement with the sold-to business partner can include the following: Default price and discount agreements Sales order defaults Delivery terms The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner
Date | The date of the supply or forecast.
Total Forecast | The total forecast. If the order type is Forecast to Supplier, the total forecast is the sum of the confirmed forecast and the unconfirmed forecast. Related topics Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast
Confirmed Forecast | The part of the total forecast which the customer definitely expects to consume. If the customer sends the forecast by period to the supplier that plans the supply, the customer can differentiate between confirmed and unconfirmed forecast. Typically, confirmed forecast of a component is derived from actual sales orders and sales schedules of end item. The user can use various methods to determine how much of the forecast is confirmed forecast. See also unconfirmed forecast. Related topics Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast
Unconfirmed Forecast | The part of the total forecast for which the customer desires a supply in addition to the confirmed forecast. Possibly, the customer is unsure whether this quantity will be needed. The sum of the confirmed forecast and the unconfirmed forecast is the total forecast. Typically, the total forecast includes not only the demand based on actual sales orders for the customer's end products, but also forecast demand based on estimated future sales of the customer's end products. See also confirmed forecast. Related topics Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast
Confirmed Supply Type | The type of a confirmed-supply record that determines how that supply is handled. Typical examples of confirmed supply types are: Stock Supply of type Stock is already present at the customer. Immediate Supply of type Immediate is used to bring the inventory level back to at least the agreed minimum inventory level. Planned Supply of type Planned is not to be transferred to the execution level until after a later planning run. Other confirmed supply types are To Release and Released. Related topics Confirmed supply type
Supply | Quantity of the item the supplier has confirmed will be delivered to the customer on the planned delivery date. Note The confirmed supply can be less than the quantity requested by the customer.
Total Difference | An indication of the expected inventory level. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. The Total Difference field is a cumulative value based on the Total Forecast field and the Supply field.
Confirmed Difference | The confirmed difference is a relatively optimistic indication of the expected inventory level. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. In the confirmed difference, the demand is presumed to only include the confirmed forecast. The Total Difference field is a cumulative value, based on the Confirmed Forecast field and the Confirmed Supply Type field. Related topics Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast
Minimum Inventory | The minimum inventory as agreed in the applicable terms and definitions. Related topics To work with minimum and maximum inventory
Maximum Inventory | The maximum inventory as agreed in the applicable terms and definitions. Related topics To work with minimum and maximum inventory
Unit | The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter. The inventory unit is also used as the base unit in measure conversions, especially for conversions that concern the order unit and the price unit on a purchase order or a sales order. These conversions always use the inventory unit as the base unit. An inventory unit therefore applies to all item types, also to item types that cannot be kept in stock.
Forecast
Revision | The revision of the displayed forecast.
Receipt Date | The date you received the forecast from your supplier.
Accepted | If this check box is selected, this revision has been accepted. Before you can use a forecast revision in a planning run, the revision must be accepted. If the Automatic Accept Forecast field in the EP Parameters (cprpd0100m000) session has been selected, revisions are automatically accepted upon receipt.
Confirmed Supply
Revision Confirmed Supply | The revision of the displayed confirmed supply. After you receive a forecast revision, you can specify the confirmed supply for that revision. If you view the latest revision of the forecast, the corresponding confirmed supply may not yet have been sent to the customer. To view the current revision of the confirmed supply, on the appropriate menu, click View confirmed supply current revision. To view the previous revision of the confirmed supply, on the appropriate menu, click View confirmed supply previous revision. The Supply field displays the confirmed supply of this revision.
Date Sent Confirmed Supply | The date you sent the confirmed supply to your customer.
Specification
Specification | If this check box is selected, a specification is present. To display the specification, in the appropriate menu, click Specification. Related topics Allocation and hard pegging overview
Allocated-to Reference | The supply that fills this demand must have been allocated or hard pegged to the reference code displayed in this field. ERP LN uses this characteristic to find a matching supply for this demand. ERP LN uses the Allocated-to Reference field to record an internal reference. If related parts follow different routings, such as if some of the parts are transported to a subcontractor to be returned later, you can use a reference code to keep the parts linked together. Related topics Allocation and hard pegging overview
Allocated to BP | The supply that fills this demand must have been allocated or hard pegged to the sold-to business partner displayed in this field. ERP LN uses this characteristic to find a matching supply for this demand. Related topics Allocation and hard pegging overview
Use Unallocated Inventory | If this check box is selected, Enterprise Planning can use unallocated inventory to supply the demand. Enterprise Planning uses allocated inventory first. If there is not enough allocated inventory, Enterprise Planning also uses unallocated inventory. If this check box is cleared, Enterprise Planning can only use allocated inventory to fill the demand. Note After this record has been created, the value of this field is kept unchanged, even if the terms and conditions change. Related topics Allocation and hard pegging overview
Commands | Description
Accept Forecast | Sets the revision to accepted.
View confirmed supply current revision | Changes the Revision Confirmed Supply field to the current revision. The current revision is displayed in the Revision field.
View confirmed supply previous revision | Changes the Revision Confirmed Supply field to the revision that preceded the current revision. The current revision is displayed in the Revision field.
Print Forecast by Revision from Customer | Starts the Print Forecast by Revision from Customer (cpvmi0406m100) session.
Specification | Displays the selected record's specification.