MfgPlanningFunctions - Part 1: Sales Forecasting - Chapter 1: Sales forecasts

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Microsoft Dynamics GP Manufacturing Planning Functions documentation provides guidance on manufacturing planning capabilities, including sales forecasting, master production scheduling (MPS), and the integration of sales forecasts into MRP. It defines relevant terms, explains how to create and adjust sales forecasts, and shows how to view sales history and add items to sales plans. It further covers forecast usage, consolidation, activation, and forecast-specific MRP requirements, examples, and demand fence management.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages122

Reading Time43 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Manufacturing documentation

What’s in this manual

Symbols and conventions

Resources available from the Help menu

Send us your documentation comments

Part 1: Sales Forecasting

Chapter 1: Sales forecasts

Chapter 2: Sales forecasts usage

Chapter 3: Sales Forecasting and MRP

Part 2: Master Production Scheduling

Chapter 4: Master production schedules

Chapter 5: MPS manufacturing orders

Microsoft Dynamics® GP Manufacturing Planning Functions Copyright Copyright © 2010 Microsoft. All rights reserved. Limitation of liability This document is provided “as-is” Information and views expressed in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, may change without notice. You bear the risk of using it. Some examples depicted herein are provided for illustration only and are fictitious. No real association or connection is intended or should be inferred. Intellectual property This document does not provide you with any legal rights to any intellectual property in any Microsoft product. You may copy and use this document for your internal, reference purposes. Trademarks Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, and SQL Server are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. FairCom and c-tree Plus are trademarks of FairCom Corporation and are registered in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Warranty disclaimer Microsoft Corporation disclaims any warranty regarding the sample code contained in this documentation, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. License agreement Use of this product is covered by a license agreement provided with the software product. If you have any questions, please call the Microsoft Dynamics GP Customer Assistance Department at 800-456-0025 (in the U. S. or Canada) or +1-701-281-6500 . Publication date May 2010 Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Manufacturing documentation................................................................................................................... 2 What’s in this manual................................................................................................................................... 2 Symbols and conventions ............................................................................................................................ 3 Resources available from the Help menu..................................................................................................4 Send us your documentation comments ...................................................................................................5 Part 1: Sales Forecasting ........................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 1: Sales forecasts ........................................................................................................... 9 Sales forecast terms....................................................................................................................................... 9 Creating a sales forecast ............................................................................................................................... 9 Adjusting sales forecast quantities ........................................................................................................... 11 Viewing sales history information............................................................................................................ 12 Adding items from sales history to a sales plan..................................................................................... 13 Chapter 2: Sales forecasts usage ....................................................................................... 15 Consolidating several sales forecasts ....................................................................................................... 15 Activating sales forecasts........................................................................................................................... 16 Chapter 3: Sales Forecasting and MRP .........................................................................

FAQs

What topics are covered in the manufacturing planning documentation?

It covers sales forecasting, sales forecast usage, and how sales forecasts feed into MRP, then continues with master production scheduling (MPS) topics and MPS manufacturing orders.

How does MRP use sales forecasts?

The document includes requirements for forecasts in MRP calculations, provides an example of how MRP considers sales forecasts, and explains how MRP treats sales forecast plans and which forecasts to include.

What can be done with MPS manufacturing orders?

It explains how to create MPS manufacturing orders, update their status, and view generated manufacturing orders and related warnings.

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