Hello,
I have been working on setting up forecasting on a few items that do not have planned independent requirements, but the demands are driven 100% by sales orders. I have MRP type VV, and The demand has been uneven, so I've been forced to use a constant forecast instead of the intended trend model, but I believe that may be a different topic altogether.
The forecast seems to have worked, and the Stock / Requirements list has the forecast data in that report. However, the demand is only being planned to the forecast, and doesn't seem to be taking sales orders into account, and isn't decreasing the forecast. My quick analysis of this situation spells certain stock outs of spare parts for orders if left this way. How can I setup the material to forecast future consumption based on previous usage, and plan procurement activities that take future orders and the forecast into account?