Need thorough explanation of how demand planning forecast types; sales item vs component differ in the planning worksheet calculations. What is the designed functionality of planning worksheet when calculating sales item and component type forecasts?
Running a production forecast for a parent finished good manufactured item. There is qty entered into the component type forecast but planning worksheet (MPS & MRP = true) is not suggesting any production orders. As a test, I then added qty to the sales item type forecast which did result in Planning worksheet making the expected suggested production order.
So is this how it works? Is sales item type forecast required for suggesting production orders of parent items and component type for suggesting orders based on existing production orders or is that too simplified? I'm looking to understand the nuances of each type and when to use which.
Thanks.
