This page displays forecasts taken from the Consensus Plan, together with open and overdue customer demand. This enables you to control how open customer orders net off from the forecast, and adjust the Consensus Plan using a consumption method.

Before you start

Use the context selectors at the top-right to select a product, customer, and scenario. Additionally, you can manually enter the required value using the search function. 

Use the Time Filter field to filter data on a specific time period.

The chart shows you how much customers will buy each week, based on open demand and the demand plan for the selected product, customer, and scenario combination.

ParameterDescription
Unconsumed Forecast (U)The net number of units being Consensus Plan (U) less Open Customer Demand (U).
Total Committed Customer Demand (U)The total demand in units per period for the product, customer, and scenario combination. This value is derived from the Final Consensus Plan (U) in the Consensus Planning page.
Demand Plan (U)The unfulfilled and open customer orders in units per period for the product, customer, and scenario combination.

The table displays the consumption chart from a numerical perspective. This allows you to look deeper into the data. The data is driven by the parameters selected for consumption methods, which affect the overall unconsumed forecast across the future weeks.

ParameterDescription
Demand Plan (U)This data series displays the total demand in units per period, for the product, customer, and scenario combination. It displays the Open Customer Demand (U) and Open Customer Demand Adjustment (U) values.
Total Open Customer Demand (U)This value displays the unfulfilled or open customer orders in units per period for the product, customer, and scenario combination.
Total Committed Customer Demand (U)

This data series displays unit values for:

  • Overdue Customer Demand (U): This data series displays overdue demand where Open Customer Demand values are present for past periods. 
  • Unconsumed Forecast (U): This data series displays the net number of units being Consensus Plan (U) less Open Customer Demand (U).

Parameters

Effective Parameters are values that are currently set. Edit Parameters allows you to enter new values for the same parameters. When you enter a value, it becomes an effective parameter.

ParametersValues
Consumption Methods
  • Off: Keeps the Open Customer Demand (U) in the current month and doesn't change any previous or future periods. The Unconsumed Forecast(U) equals Consensus Plan (U).
  • Same Period Only: Subtracts the Open Customer Demand (U) in the current period from the Consensus Plan (U) in the current period. If the Consensus Plan (U) is exceeded, values in other periods aren't affected.
  • Forward: Subtracts the Open Customer Demand (U) from the future periods of the Consensus Plan (U) if Open Customer Demand (U) exceeds Consensus Plan (U).
  • Backward: Subtracts the Open Customer Demand (U) from the Consensus Plan (U) periods that precede the periods in which Open Customer Demand (U) exceeds Consensus Plan (U).
  • Forward then Backward: Subtracts the Open Customer Demand (U) from Consensus Plan (U) where Consensus Plan (U) is exceeded. Subtraction is first managed on forward periods, and then on backward periods.
  • Backward then forward: Subtracts the Open Customer Demand (U) value from the Consensus Plan (U) value where Consensus Plan (U) value is exceeded. Subtraction is first managed on backward periods, and then on forward periods.
Overdue Included in ForecastSelect if the Overdue Customer Demand (U) value is considered in teh forecast.