Demand Spreading

Demand spreading refers to the process of spreading the demand forecast quantity for a given date or date range across a specified time period. In this process, the planning dates and quantities in the Detail Demand records are consolidated and then distributed into forecasting buckets in aggregate weekly or monthly values. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Forecast Management system supports two methods of demand spreading:

• Template spreading

  You create a demand spreading template to indicate how to spread planned demand quantities across a week. You can specify a different percentage for each day. The percentages that you specify in the template must add up to 100.

• Even spreading

  When no demand spreading template exists, the system automatically distributes demand quantities evenly across the days of the week. This is the default method.