Demand adjustments will be made automatically for every item/warehouse combination when the forecast is calculated through the inventory calculation. Note: When you let the system automatically adjust demand, the adjusted demand is not reflected in the Forecast file. The actual adjustments are made directly to the demand values, and Demand adjustment in the Forecast file is not at all used.
- Select the Work with IC control file menu item.
- You access IC control file maintenance. Complete the following fields:
- Auto adjust demand
- Set to YES to indicate that the system should adjust the demand values automatically. Unusually high or low demand values will be adjusted to a level that reflects normal demand for the item/warehouse combinations. The adjusted demand is used in calculating forecast for the next period.
- The system makes an adjustment at calculation time if the demand has increased or decreased (compared to the corresponding forecast) by a percentage greater than or less than the percentage entered in Adjust percentage.
- Adjust percentage
- Enter a percentage value to be used in the automatic demand adjustment. When the demand in a certain forecast period deviates from the corresponding forecast by a value that is greater than this percentage value, the system automatically adjusts the demand value used in calculating the forecast information for the next period.
Click OK. Exit the routine.