1.Basics of the Forecast
1.1 The historical consumption values exist for the material.In addtion,you can enter historical consumption values manually as basic values for the first forecast.Also can refer to the consumptiona values of another marterial if this is no historical data for the material.
1.2 To execute the individual forecast, go to the SAP Easy Access menu and choose:Logistics → Materials Management → Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
→ Materials Forecast → Forecast → Individual Forecast → Execute (MP30).
1.3 To execute a forecast for an entire plant, go to the SAP Easy Access menu and choose: Logistics → Materials Management → Material Requirements Planning
(MRP) → Materials Forecast → Forecast → Total Forecast. You can choose. between the total forecast online (MP38) or in background processing (MPBT). To avoid overloading the system, carry out the total forecast in background mode.
2.Postprocessing of the Forecast Results
2.1 Print list check
choose: Logistics → Materials Management → Material Requirements Planning (MRP) → Materials Forecast → Forecast → Total Forecast→ Print (MP39).
To print as a background job, go to the SAP Easy Access menu and choose: Logistics → Materials Management → Material Requirements Planning (MRP) → Materials Forecast → Forecast → Total Forecast →Print (Background) (MPDR).