Consume Forecasts Subtask

Use this subtask to specify how forecasts will be consumed by Costpoint once reservations are created for a sales order line.

If you selected the Allow Change of Forecast Qty in Enter Sales Orders check box on Configure Master Production Scheduling Settings screen, you can modify values on this screen and adjust the forecast part and inventory abbreviation to be consumed by the sales order line.

You can also select forecast records by need date and adjust the quantity to be consumed on each open forecast. You are not required to match the amount to be consumed from forecasts with the sales order line quantity. It is acceptable to consume more or less than the sales order quantity.

Use the fields preceding the table window to specify what forecasts you want loaded on the screen. Select the desired part, inventory abbreviation, and date range option, then click the Autoload Forecasts button to load the forecast requirements.

Contents

Field	Description
Part	Enter, or click to select, the part you want to consume forecasts from.
Rev	Enter, or click to select, the part revision you want to consume forecasts from. This field is disabled if Allow Multiple Revisions for Each Item check box is not selected on the Configure Product Definition Settings screen.
Inv Abbrev	Enter, or click to select, the inventory abbreviation you want to consume forecasts from. This inventory abbreviation defaults from the sales order line's inventory abbreviation.
Limit to Ship by Date Month	Select this option to load only forecasts with the same need date month and year as the sales order line ship by date.
Limit to Ship By Date Week	Select this option load only forecasts where the need date week is the same as the as the sales order line ship by date's week. Weekly periods are determined using the Ending Day of Production Week value on Configure MRP Report Print Options screen.
Don't Limit	Select this option to load all open sales forecasts for the designated part and inventory abbreviation, regardless of the forecast requirement's need date.
Autoload Forecasts	Click this button to populate the table window based on the selected part, inventory abbreviation, and designated data range. Once the forecast requirements have been populated, you can manually modify the forecast.
Total Consume Quantity	This field displays the sum of all Order Consume Forecast Quantity fields currently displayed on the screen.

Table Window

Field	Description
Forecast Part	Enter, or click to select, the part you want to consume forecasts from. This field is modifiable only for new records.
Rev	Enter, or click to select, the part revision you want to consume forecasts from. This field is modifiable only for new records. This field is also disabled if Allow Multiple Revisions for Each Item is not selected on the Configure Product Definition Settings screen.
Description	The description of the selected part and revision displays in this column.
Order Consume Forecasts Qty	Enter the quantity you want to reduce the open forecast quantity by when reservations are generated for this sales order line.
Forecast Need Date	Enter the forecast need date you want to consume forecasts from. This field is modifiable only for new records.
Open Sales Forecast Qty	This field displays the open sales forecast quantity for the record's part inventory abbreviation and need date.
Inventory Abbrev	Enter, or click to select, the inventory abbreviation you want to consume forecasts from.
Project	Enter, or click to select, the project you want to consume forecasts from.
Original Sales Forecast Qty	This field displays the original sales forecast quantity for the record's part inventory abbreviation and need date.
U/M	This field displays the forecast part's inventory, or default, unit of measure.
Forecast Planner	This field displays the ID of the planner responsible for the forecast record.
Clear Forecast Quantities	Click this button to set the Order Consume Forecast Qty field on all records to zero.