Re: Forecast/MRP interfacing.

Hi Jim,

We have all most same setup. Our forecast module collects data for each
salesman with customer/item/year/period beginning of the session. Once
all the forecast data are approved, we consolidate by item/year/period
and write to MSP75 (MPS/MRP Item forecast file) and from then on data is
maintain by item/year/period.

MSP75 will populate data to MPS/MRP run. We have been using this way for
some time and user seems to be happy with forecast details & demand.

Please let me know if you need more detail.

Cheers
Suren


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[mailto:system21-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kerr
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 7:48 PM
To: 'System 21 Users'
Subject: [SYSTEM21] Forecast/MRP interfacing.

Greetings,



I wonder if there is anyone out there that could offer some guidance on
how I go about interfacing a bespoke "forecast" application into
MRP/MPS.



I have reviewed the (Focus) Forecast module and the MRP/MPS forecasting
modules but I am not convinced my approach is sound.



We have a very simple customer forecast application where anticipated
sales are maintained by the salesmen for each customer/item/year/period.
I would like this data to appear as demand in the MRP/MPS application.
What would be the best way of doing this? Do I need to load the data
into the MRP/MPS forecast application or do I load it into MRP/MPS
directly and if so, which files should I be looking at ?



Thanks in advance,



Jim.