Use this activity to update the existing actual demand for all spare part families. This method creates spare part forecast records of the type Order for each day that a customer orders any spare part. The forecast quantity, consumed forecast, and actual demand on this record are set by the order quantity. These records are required for the processing that occurs prior to order shipment. When an order ships, the system attempts to decrement (by quantity shipped) the forecast quantity, consumed forecast, and actual demand on forecast records for the spare part.
This method should be run only once per spare part, after the spares functionality has been installed. There are three Update actual demand methods in the system to allow for different update scenarios. This method allows you to update actual demand for the spare parts associated with all spares families. Note that running multiple Update actual demand methods on the same part or set of parts artificially inflates the existing actual demand for that part at the time that the spares functionality is installed.
As a result of this activity,
MRP Spare Part Family Forecast
MRP Spare Part Family Forecast/Family Parts
MRP Spare Part Family Forecast/Family Forecasts
MRP Spare Part Forecast