RE: SYS Warehouse in Forecasting

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Good question!
Nothing comes immediately to mind - obviously there's something different
about the way forecasting is running the calculations... there's gotta be
something different in the forecast controls. Double check EVERYTHING and I'll
bet you'll find something different, somewhere. You might also look at the
data and compare, month-by-month SYS versus the one warehouse. Look at the
other warehouses, too, to make sure you didn't get some data loaded in the
wrong place accidentally.
Good luck
Dave Turbide
dave@daveturbide.com
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Message: 1
From: Allyson Maurer <AllysonM@HarkerInc.com>
To: mapics-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: SYS Warehouse in Forecasting
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 10:46:46 -0400
Reply-To: mapics-l@midrange.com
Thank you, Dave, this helps. But I have a follow up question:
If an item only exists in one selling warehouse, why would the forecast in
SYS and that 1 warehouse be significantly different?
Thanks again,
Allyson Maurer
allysonm@harkerinc.com
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From: Dave Turbide [mailto:dave@daveturbide.com[1]]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 7:41 AM
To: mapics-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: SYS Warehouse in Forecasting
I believe Forecasting does separate forecasts for each warehouse and for
the SYS warehouse using the sum of the data from the other warehouses.
In other words, the SYS forecast is not the sum of the warehouse forecasts,
it is a separate forecast made from the sums of the data. Theoretically,
the SYS forecast will be more stable and probably more accurate because of
the larger sample size.
Dave Turbide
dave@daveturbide.com
www.daveturbide.com
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>From: Allyson Maurer <AllysonM@HarkerInc.com>
>To: mapics-l@midrange.com
>Subject: SYS Warehouse in Forecasting
>Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 14:49:45 -0400
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>We are setting up Mapics Forecasting and doing an initial load of sales
>history data from an outside system. As we audit data, for every item
>we have looked at, the sum of the current annual forecasts for each
>selling warehouse for an item does not add up to the current annual
>forecast for the SYS warehouse. Why?
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>(The smooth code and filter levels are the same.)
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>Thank you,
>Allyson Maurer
>Harker, Inc.
>
Dave Turbide, CFPIM, CMfgE, CIRM
Market Analysis and Communication
883 Ocean Blvd
Hampton, NH 03842
phone(603) 926-1435
fax (603) 926-0862
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