Steve,
I believe the answer is "no", but let me make sure I understand what you're
trying to do.
You're entering in forecast information in 22.1.
You get real customer orders that consume that forecast.
You've specified how far into the future and past you want order to look in
order to consume forecast.
Now, you'd also like to be able to specify a time-frame (say, four weeks
out) at which point you want to have MRP stop paying attention to forecast?
MRP will stop paying attention to forecast once it is old enough, which I
believe means outside the "consume backwards" window. Forecast numbers
never turn into sales orders, but they can cause MRP to generate work
orders to produce the inventory needed. This will, of course, be offset by
current inventory balances, which could be the result of previously
unconsumed forecast amounts.
So, to get back to your question, I still think the answer is no. More
specifically, I believe that the setting of your forecast consumption
(forward/backward) is probably the answer to your question, combined with
the ever-elusive search for better forecasting methods.
Good luck.
Scott
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Next Michigan Progress Users Group: 17 November 1999
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