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ICFORECAST


                            ICFORECAST FILE

                           Inventory Forecast

The Inventory Forecast file stores the forecasted demand of an item at a
location. This demand is in units and/or amounts by year and period. These
valid forecast numbers can be attached to the Item Location records using
IC12.1 (Item Location).

REFERENCED BY

IC12.1    IC330

FIELD NAME             DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                  UPDATED BY

IFO-COMPANY            Numeric 4
Element: Company       Identifies the AP company if the
                       resource type = V.  Identifies the HR
                       company if the resource type = E.  It is
                       blank for type A, P or Q resources.

IFO-LOCATION           Alpha 5
Element: Location      This field contains a valid stocking
                       location within the company inventory.

IFO-ITEM               Alpha 32
Element: Item          This field contains the item
                       identifier.

IFO-FORECAST-YEAR      Numeric 4
Element: Forecast Year This field contains the inventory year
                       of the forecast.

IFO-FORECAST-NBR       Numeric 4
Element: Forecast Nbr  This field contains the number assigned
                       to a forecast for an item.  An item can
                       have multiple forecasts at the same
                       location.

IFO-QUARTER            Numeric 1
Element: Quarter       This field is used if weekly periods
                       are defined in IC01.2 (Dates). Enter
                       weekly period forecasts by the quarter.

                       First quarter (1-13).
                       Second quarter (14-26)
                       Third quarter (27-39).
                       Fourth quarter (40-52).*
                       *Leap year only fourth quarter (40-53).

                       During leap year only, you can set up
                       14 weekly periods in the fourth quarter.
                       0 = For Monthly Companies
                       1 = 1st Quarter
                       2 = 2nd Quarter
                       3 = 3rd Quarter
                       4 = 4th Quarter

IFO-FORECAST-QTY       Numeric 9 Occurs 14 Times
Element: Forecast Qty  This field contains the forecast
                       quantity.

IFO-FORECAST-AMT       Numeric 13 Occurs 14 Times
Element: Forecast Amt  This field contains the forecast amount.

                         ICFORECAST FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

IFOSET1   COMPANY                                                IC12.1  IC330
          LOCATION
          ITEM
          FORECAST-YEAR
          FORECAST-NBR
          QUARTER

                         ICFORECAST FILE RELATIONS

ONE TO ONE RELATIONS


RELATION       RELATED
 NAME           FILE        INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH

Company        ICCOMPANY    Required

                            IFO-COMPANY          -> ICC-COMPANY

Ichistory      ICHISTORY    Required

                            IFO-COMPANY          -> ICH-COMPANY
                            IFO-LOCATION         -> ICH-LOCATION
                            IFO-ITEM             -> ICH-ITEM
                            IFO-FORECAST-YEAR    -> ICH-YEAR
                            IFO-QUARTER          -> ICH-QUARTER

Itemmast       ITEMMAST     Required

                            ICC-ITEM-GROUP       -> ITE-ITEM-GROUP
                            IFO-ITEM             -> ITE-ITEM

Location       ICLOCATION   Required

                            IFO-COMPANY          -> ICL-COMPANY
                            IFO-LOCATION         -> ICL-LOCATION