This page enables you to manage scenarios and classifications used for inventory planning.
Before you start
The Planning Status indicates if the inventory plan is open or closed for editing.
DC Inventory Scenarios
In this table, you can select a scenario as the committed plan and another as a system forecast. All other scenarios are available during the inventory planning process. Then, during committed planning, you can select one to make the committed plan.
| Value | Description |
| DisplayName | Displays the scenario name. |
| Is Committed Plan | If selected, the scenario displays an inventory projection based on the on-hand inventory, committed inbound (in-transit, open supplier purchase orders, and open intercompany orders) and demand. This represents how the current committed inventory meets demand, and prevents the scenario from simulating any new receipts. |
| Use Prod plan production? | If selected, the scenario includes the outputs of Production Planning as an additional inbound receipt. If simulations are still allowed, the new receipts are calculated after the inclusion of inbound from the production plan. |
| Use Prod plan constrained demand | If selected, the demand is forced to be equal to the outbound shipments calculated by Production Planning. With this set, demand reflects the constraining choices made by the production plan, rather than the unconstrained demand from demand planning. |
| Apply inventory policies to Prod plan result | If selected, production plan receipts are manipulated to adhere to the reorder cycle and Order Multiple constraints of the production plan. If unselected, inbound receipts from production planning have the pure timings and quantities calculated in production planning. |
| Turn off simulated receipts | If selected, the scenario is prevented from simulating any new receipts. This value differs from Is Committed Plan in that it doesn't prevent some of the other planning inputs like "Honor" parameters and manual receipt inputs. |
| Final Scenario for S&OP | If selected, the scenario will be included in the Sales and Operations planning. |
| Delete? | Select to delete a scenario. |
Edit Scenario Parameters
The Edit Scenario Parameters table allows you to:
| Parameter | Value |
| Honor Frozen Horizon* | If set to yes, the scenario is based on the initial frozen planning horizon, which is shorter than the lead times. |
| SC Honor Frozen Horizon* | Displays the final value selected in Honor Frozen Horizon*. |
| Honor Lead Time* | If set to yes, the scenario respects the lead time for the stock to become available. |
| SC Honor Lead Time* | Displays the final value selected in Honor Lead Time*. |
| Honor MOQ* | If set to yes, the scenario is based on having to honor a Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ). |
| SC Honor MOQ* | Displays the final value selected in Honor MOQ*. |
| Honor Order Multiples* | If set to yes, the scenario is based on the order in multiples set in the DC Planning dashboard. |
| SC Honor Order Multiples* | Displays the final value selected in Honor Order Multiples*. |
| Honor Committed Purchases* | If set to yes, the scenario includes all open purchase orders and those with a future delivery date. Purchase orders with a past delivery date are ignored, even if they have an open balance. |
| SC Honor Committed Purchases* | Displays the final value selected in Honor Committed Purchases*. |
| Prevent Honor PO Level Commitment Overrides? | If set to yes, you can't select which POs to include/exclude at the individual purchase order level. |
| SC Prevent Honor PO Level Commitment Overrides? | Displays the final value selected in Prevent Honor PO Level Commitment Overrides?. |
| Lock Scenario | If set to yes, the scenario is locked and can't be changed. |
Steps
To add an inventory scenario:
- Select Add Scenario.
- Specify a DisplayName.
- Select Submit.
- Change the scenario as required.
To delete an inventory scenario:
- Select Delete? in the DC Inventory Scenarios table.
- Select Delete Scenario.
Additional information
There must be only one Committed Plan to represent the current committed status. A scenario must be selected as the basis for downstream planning.
