This activity is used to update the existing actual demand for the selected spare part records, in tab Family Parts select parts and then click Update Actual Demand for Selected Parts. This method creates a spare part forecast record of the type Order for each day that a customer order for the spare part has been placed. The 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 the 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 selectively for one or more spare parts in a spares family after running either the Update actual demand all spares families or the Update actual demand one spares family. Note that running multiple Update actual demand methods on the same part or set of parts will artificially inflate the existing actual demand for that part at the time that the spares functionality is installed.
As a result of this activity,