Select Unit
Explanation
Changing the unit in the Select Unit
toolbar changes the unit of the forecast in the Forecast Graph and Forecast Table windows if
they are active in the workspace. The available choices for unit are Standard,
Inventory value, Planned Sales Price, Net Weight, Part Flow Value or Period
Price.
- Standard is the default inventory part unit,
- Invenory Value is the forecast values in units
multiplyed by the Inventory value on the inventory part.
- Planned Sales Price is the forecast value in units
multiplyed by the parts value form a cost set in costing, or anoter value
fetched from IFS (can be configured)
- Net Weight is the forecast value in untis multiplyed
by the invnetory parts net weight.
- Part Flow Value is the forecast value multiplyed with
the parts flow value set on forecast part tab
- Period Price is the forecast value multiplyed with a
unique price per forecast part and period.
Note that the values Inventory Value, Planned Sales Price and Net Weight can
be configured to be any value that can be connected to a Site & Part, which one
to use is configured in the Demand Plan Server machine see
DP Server Settings
When you work with aggregated forecasts at some group level, it is usually natural to
choose Cost Price as the forecast unit. The exception is for
homogenous groups, i.e., groups of items that all, or mostly all, have the same
default inventory unit (such as parts grouped on the basis of
Product Code or Product Family).
Prerequisites
N/A
System Effects
As a result of this activity:
- The system redraws the Forecast Graph (y-axis
labels) and presents recalculated figures in the Forecast
Table.
- The unit of the field Sum Forecast in Detail View
changes accordingly. Note that the unit for the parameters Manual Yearly and Std Manual
Yearly do not change; they are always the default inventory part unit.
Window
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Related Window Descriptions
Demand Plan Client
Detail View
Procedure
Click the open button of the Unit combo box and choose Standard,
Inventory value, Planned Sales Price, Net Weight, Part Flow Value or Period
Price