Understanding Setup Options for ASCP Inline Forecast Consumption (Doc ID 393096.1)

Last updated on APRIL 04, 2025

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Symptoms

It is found that the forward and backward forecast consumption is not taking place as expected though the plan is setup to consume the forecast: Consume by Forecast Buckets, forward days: 10, backward days: 10 and Include Sales Orders.


We have verified that
1. Item's Forecast Control is "Consume and Derive".
2. MRP:Compute Sales Order Changes : Yes
3. MRP:Consume Fcst Set Summary : No
4. MRP:Consume Forecast : Yes
5. Consume forecast box checked on forecast in MRP Forecast Set form
6. Plan options - Main tab has  Consume by Forecast bucket  - checked, Backward Consumption Days: 10 and Forward Consumption Days: 10
7. Include Sales Orders: checked in Organizations tab 
8. MSC: Consume forecasts using Internal Sales Orders - Yes (Download PDF from Note 803583.1 for more information)

Cause

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