Re: Forecast vs. build

Just forecast at the assembly level. Nothing in BPCS keeps you from
forecasting at any level you choose. It is very common to MPS assembly
items (the ones with long lead times) and let the finished goods, where the
packaging is normally a very short lead time, just run off of orders.

Even very long lead time raw materials can be worth forecasting.



                                                                                
              
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Looking for ideas  or suggestions -
Currently using 4.05 CD
Question - how can I drive the lower levels to forecast and at the same
      time only build a select few (A items) of our finished goods to
      forecast?

      I want to load and maintain forecasts for the majority of our
      finished goods SKUs to drive lower levels and to predict future
      demand/capacity but, I only want the very highest selling items to be
      actually built to that forecast. For the rest of our finished goods
      items I want to build to actual customer orders only. As long as we
      drive to forecast I will have the lower levels available when needed.
      The demand code and demand time fence settings work well if you do
      not want to build lower levels to forecast. However, I want to build
      and stock the lower levels to forecast.





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