Currently it is documented that planning optimization forecast consumption does not consider sales orders once they have been picked, invoiced, shipped, delivered, etc. The demand is added back into forecast once the status on an open order moves into one of the above mentioned and PLOP is run again. There is a critical need in many business planning functions to consider these orders to prevent over purchasing and overproduction.
Example Scenario: The "on-hand" or "minimum" stock point is truly a safety stock and used to handle variation in our forecast. It is not there to support customer weekly orders.
We build weekly to forecast to support the forecasted demand, so as the week progresses we need the ability to see how many we have sold vs produced to ensure we are covering our forecasted demand.
We have large volume customers that place orders daily and weekly. Once those orders ship and get added back into forecast after the next MRP run, we are going to appear very short to cover demand. This will trigger planning to cut more orders, buyers to expedite material, and the factory to work unnecessary overtime to produce parts that we truly do not need.
Please consider adding back to the consumption logic calculation for planning optimization to include all sales orders statuses. Picked, Invoiced, Shipped, Etc. to ensure accurate planning signals.
Microsoft issue 674900
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We are almost one yeah ahead since the last update. We have gained a lot of votes and seems the 'longterm roadmap' is coming closer...Any updates from Microsoft regarding this ticket yet?
Category: Planning
Need this!
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That makes so little sense to have gone down that path... Planning optimization doesn't make any sense compared to legacy MRP without this feature!
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I can't understand why anyone at Microsoft thinks this makes sense. I don't see any possibility that we will be able to use the new planning optimization until this is fixed.
Category: Planning
This is very much needed for correct forecast consumption. How can it NOT consider picked/deducted/sold sales InventTrans records when doing forecast consumption? That is just ludicrous to think what it is currently doing is correct. No logical human being would think this is correct.
Category: Planning
We really need this feature! It's extremely important for our business.
Category: Planning
This is vital for accurate forecast reduction.
Category: Planning
Beatriz Nebot Gracia (administrator) on 10/25/2023 2:31:36 PM
Thanks for your input! If it gets voted, we will consider adding it to our long term roadmap.
Sincerely,
Beatriz Nebot Gracia
Senior Product Manager, Microsoft