• Forecast Simulation Change Summary
•  About This Course
  •  Course Description
    • Course Objectives
    • Audience
    • Prerequisites
    • Course Credit and Scheduling
    • Virtual Environment Information
  •  Additional Resources
    • QAD Learning Center
    • QAD Document Library
    • QAD Support
•  Introduction to Forecast Simulation
  • Course Overview
  • General Forecasting System Flow
  • Terminology
  • Forecast Simulation Life Cycle
  • Typical Users
•  Business Considerations
  •  Overview
    • Product Life Cycle
    • Forecast Consumption
    • MRP Horizon
    • Production Forecasts
    • Spare Parts
    • Multiple Sites
    • Summary
•  Forecast Simulation Setup
  •  Overview
    • Closed-Loop System
    • Additional Functionality
    • Limitations
    • Lifecycle Summary
    • Lifecycle Flowchart
  • Forecast Simulation Setup
  •  Sales Order Control
    • Forecasting Consumption
  •  Set Up Criteria Template
    • What is a Criteria Template?
    • Simulation Criteria Maintenance
  •  Identify Template
    • Identify Template
    • Yearly or Rolling Forecast
  •  Specify Sales History Time Frame
    • Specify Time Frame
  •  Determine Calculation Method
    • Calculation Method
    • Sales History Patterns
  •  Forecasting Methods
    • Method Codes
    • Double Moving Average
    • Double Exponential Smoothing
    • Linear Exponential
    • Classic Decomposition
    • Simple Regression
    • Best Fit
    • Underlying Patterns
    • Alpha and Trend Factors in Simulation Criteria Maintenance
  •  Indicate Items for Forecast
    • Simulation Criteria Maintenance
  •  Specify Customer Parameters
    • Simulation Criteria Maintenance
    • Summary
•  Forecast Simulation Processing
  • Workflow: Processing Steps
  • Use Forecast Simulation
  •  .Run Forecast Simulation Calculation
    • Calculating Quantities
    • Simulation Forecast Calculation
    • Modifying Forecast Results
    • Modification Methods
  •  Load Forecast
    • CIM Data Load
  •  Create Forecast Manually
    • Guidelines for Creating Records Manually
    • Detail Forecast Maintenance
    • Copying Forecast Results
    • Multiplicative Factors
  •  Copy Forecast
    • Simulation to Simulation Copy
    • Single Item Simulation Copy
  • Detail Forecast Report
  •  Forecast Summary
    • Driving MRP
    • Loading Methods
    • Simulation to Summarized Forecast
    • Results
  • Run MRP
  •  User Forecast Method Maintenance
    • Add New Forecast Methods
    • User Forecast Method Maintenance
    • Rules for Adding Methods
  •  Miscellaneous Functions
    • Detail Forecast Delete/Archive
  • Exercise: Create Sales History
•  Study Questions
  •  Setup/Implementation
    • Study Questions for Forecast Simulation Setup
  •  Processing
    • Study Questions for Forecast Processing
  •  Answers to Study Questions
    • Setup Forecast Simulation
    • Process Forecast Simulation