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3621844 - Forecast Consumption Issue with "All Demand Consumes Preceding Forecasts" Setting

Symptom

When the user sets the forecast for the previous month, adds dependent demands and sales orders, and then runs MRP, the forecast is not consumed.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Supply planning work center - Product view
  2. Enter Product id and Planning Area 
  3. Run the MRP Single BOM level
  4. Forecast is not consumed.

Cause

In Material Master The Demand Management Procedure, is maintained All Demand Consumes Preceding Forecasts. So that system is not consuming the forecast. If we have two available forecast, then system consumes and fulfils the demand from the Preceding forecast and for the demand that is not fulfilled from the current forecast the preceding forecast is used.

Resolution

The system is working as designed.

See Also

Keywords

Forecast Consumption, Demand Management Procedure, All Demand Consumes Preceding Forecasts, ATOS_MPC, MRP, Consumption issue , KBA , AP-SDM , Supply and Demand Matching , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 1.0