Forecast Accuracy Engines

The Forecast Accuracy Engines are designed to create forecasts for all hierarchies based on data and proper configurations. The Demand Planner can choose from the following preset engine configurations:

  • Forecast Accuracy for Standard Demand

  • Forecast Accuracy for Reference Demand

  • Forecast Accuracy for Pgrp Demand

  • Forecast Accuracy for Channel Demand

  • Forecast Accuracy for Sgrp Demand

  • Forecast Accuracy for Partner Site Demand

  • Forecast Accuracy for Traffic Demand

Complete the following steps to run one of the engines:

  1. L og in to the ONE system.

  2. Click Menus/Favs > Demand Planning > Forecast Accuracy > Forecast Accuracy Engines.
    Select one of the options, depending on the engine you wish to run.
    The engine screen appears.

  3. Enter values for fields described in the table below. Fields with an asterisk ( * ) are required.

    Field Name

    Description

    Start Time

    Enter a start time for when the engine should begin.

    * Computation Date

    Enter a computation date for the demand plan.

    Populate Snapshot

    Select this checkbox to have the engine populate snapshot data.

    Populate Actual

    Select this checkbox to have the engine populate actual data.

    Enterprise

    Select an enterprise for which the engine will run using the picker tool.

    Item

    Select an item using the picker tool.

    Product Enterprise

    Select a product enterprise for which the engine runs using the picker tool.

    Product Group Type

    Select a product group type using the picker tool.

    Product Group Level No

    Select a product group level number from the dropdown menu.

    Product Group Level

    Select the product group level using the picker tool.

    Partner

    Select a partner using the picker tool.

    Site

    Select a site using the picker tool.

    Ship From Site

    Select an origin site for a shipment using the picker tool.

    Ship To Site

    Select a destination site for a shipment using the picker tool.

    Geography Enterprise

    Select a geography enterprise using the picker tool.

    Site Group Type

    Select a site group type using the picker tool.

    Manufacturing Enterprise

    Select the enterprise that manufactured the item using the picker tool.

    Require Run Replenishment

    Select this checkbox to have the engine run for items that are selected to run replenishment.

    Computation Tier

    Select the computation tiers from 1 to 5 using the dropdown menus.

    Primary Scenario

    Select a primary scenario using the picker tool.

  4. Click the Run Engine button at the bottom of the screen.
    A success message appears, indicating the engine is scheduled to run.

  5. Click the Job ID link under the Job State heading to view the current state of the engine.