After you are satisfied with the family plan, explode the dependent end-item demands out to the marketing sites. This automatically transfers control of the family production demands to the end-item level for subsequent planning and execution.

Explosion Calculation summarizes the explosion calculation, using a UM conversion of 1 metric ton = 27.778 cases. Starting from the top-level family, the explosion calculates the dependent demands for each subfamily and marketing site, converting units of measure between levels as necessary. The system stores the resulting end-item demands as sales forecast demands in the Enterprise Operations Plan module.

If you generated the family plan from family-level forecasts, use the Balance Forecasts for DRP option to preserve the link between the end-item demands and their respective marketing sites.