Forecast Consumption by Customer

When working with large customers, you might want to consider the demand for each customer separately and plan production quantities accordingly. You can set up the system to net forecasts and sales orders for a particular customer separately so that you can plan more accurately for the specific demand from individual customers. When you are netting forecasts against sales orders, the results can differ depending on whether you compare aggregate forecast and sales order values or whether you compare the values for each individual customer.

When you run the MRP/MPS Requirements Planning program (R3482), you can set up the program to use forecast consumption by customer. You can use this functionality for items that are defined with planning fence rule C, G, or H. You cannot use forecast consumption logic for process items.