Master Scheduling Distribution Items
Items distributed to other sites in the supply chain must be master scheduled differently from other items since they are subject to intersite requests.
See User Guide: QAD Manufacturing.
Unless you use purchase and sales orders to handle intersite supply and demand, do not enter forecasts for intersite demand, because intersite requests do not consume forecast. For example, a forecast for 100 units and an intersite request for 100 units would add up to a total demand of 200 units.
• When creating shipment forecasts in the Forecast/Master Plan module, enter monthly forecast values as the sum of the gross sales forecast and the net intersite forecast. Maintaining the forecast this way can be time-consuming.
Example: A site forecast indicates that 1000 units will be sold directly to customers and an additional 400 units will be shipped to other sites. Intersite requests have been received for 150 units in that period. The gross sales forecast is 1000 units while the net intersite forecast is 250 units. For that period, enter a forecast of 1250.
• Enter master scheduled orders for distribution items. Be aware that DRP may consider these as excess supply and generate action messages recommending that you de-expedite or cancel them.