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Reading demands

You can read demands from Sales Order Processing, Estimating, Make to Stock and Sales Forecasts.

To read demands

Open: MPS > Read Demand.

1. Enter the date up to which you want to read demands. By default, this is the current system date, or today's date. If you have extended the horizon dateA date beyond which data will not be included in the schedule. Data with a due date beyond the horizon date will not be read into the production schedule by MPS (Master Production Scheduling). on the MPS tab in Planning Settings then this date is shown here automatically.

2. To read all information, select All Information.

   Note: We recommend you select All Information.

3. To read selected information, select Selected Information, and make further choices from the following check boxes.

   Sales Orders	Select this check box to read demand from sales ordersDocuments that state the quantity, description and price of goods and services ordered. They also specify agreed payment terms and discounts, delivery details and other agreements pertinent to the sale and its supply..
   Show Completed/Cancelled Orders	Select this check box if you want to show completed and cancelled orders in the excluded view.
   Make to Stock	Select this check box to read demand from make to stock items.
   Sales Forecasts	Select this check box to read demand from sales forecastsThe best estimate of future requirements. This is used as input to the MPS (Master Production Schedule). Forecast orders received should be subtracted from the forecast to leave a residual forecast in the master schedule. Total demands can then be calculated as orders plus residual forecast for each time period..
   Estimates	Select this check box to read demand from estimatesForecast project costs, based on expected costs of labour, machinery and operation times. In Manufacturing, estimates are produced for one-off items or non-repetitive batches..

4. Click OK.

   Demands are read up to the horizon date.

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