Viewing Product Demand Information

Use the Primary Inventory Maintenance screen to view product information related to inventory management.

The system continually updates the product's projected inventory level (PIL) and order/transfer point (OP/XP) in real time.
The system updates the remaining fields in the window each time you run the Update Product Demand Forecast program for the product.

When you assign a product the product status of Stock, the Primary Inventory Maintenance window displays a summary of the product's current demand information.

When you assign a product the status of NonStock, the system does not calculate the order point, line point, Economic Order Quantity (EOQ), and monthly demand.

To view product demand information:

From the Files menu, select Product to display the Product Maintenance screen.
Display a product record.
Use the Inven hot key to display the Primary Inventory Maintenance screen.
In the Br column, review the branch numbers and types.

Branch or warehouse identifiers with letter suffixes indicate the warehousing scheme used for replenishing that product. These lines display calculated information for all branches combined under the defined warehouse scheme.

Suffix	Defines a...	Which...
P	Central purchasing branch	Purchases for other branches.
W	Central distribution branch	Warehouses for other branches.
C	Central warehousing branch	Purchases and warehouses for other branches.

In the Stk column, review whether the item is a known stock (Y) or nonstock (N) item, or whether the system calculates (-) the stock or nonstock status based on the number of hits the product receives in a branch warehouse network.
In the Buy Pkg (unit of measure) column, review the quantity multiple in which stock is purchased or transferred. For example, if set to 6, stock is purchased or transferred in quantities of 6, 12, 18, 24, and so forth.
In the Div column, review whether the buy package can be divided either by the vendor when purchasing or by the warehousing branch before transfers occur.
Review the following fields, as needed, for each parent branch and child branch:

Field	For a parent branch, shows the...	For a child branch, shows the...
PIL	projected inventory level.	projected inventory level.
OP/XP	order point. Note: The order point displays as a whole number.	transfer point and surplus point. Note: The transfer point displays as a whole number.
Low Sale (unit of measure)	the lowest sale in the branch within the forecast period.	the lowest sale in the branch within the forecast period.
EOQ	the Economic Order Quantity, based on the combined demand of the multi-branch network. When the low sale quantity exceeds the calculated EOQ, the system uses the low sale quantity in place of the EOQ in associated calculations. In this case, the field displays with an asterisk to indicate the exception.	the Economic Order Quantity for the item in the branch.
Monthly Demand	the monthly demand for the item in the branch.	the monthly demand for the item in the branch.
Monthly Hits	the monthly hits for the item in the branch.	the monthly hits for the item in the branch.
Leadtime XF Cyc	the product's lead time for a purchasing branch.	the transfer cycle days for selling (child) branches.
Safety LT Day	the number of lead time safety days for the item in the branch.	the number of lead time safety days for the item in the branch.

When you have finished reviewing the information, press Esc to exit the screen.

More Options on the Primary Inventory Maintenance Screen

The Primary Inventory Maintenance screen also offers these options:

To...	Use this hot key...
view product demand calculation information	Audit The Demand Calculation Audit screen displays.
view product order point and line point calculation information	Order Points The Product Order Points/Line Points screen displays.
change the safety factor and projected gross margin for an individual branch	Order Points The Product Order Points/Line Points screen displays.
set the parameters used to forecast product demand	Forecast Params The Forecast Parameters Maintenance screen displays.
enter specialized product-level user inventory control parameters	User Controls The Product User Controls Parameters screen displays.
view inventory details for the product in all branches	Inv Inq The Inventory Inquiry screen displays.
flag the product as vendor-managed inventory (VMI) for EDI	EDI The EDI/VMI screen displays.
define whether the item is stock and nonstock determination, by branch, and determine the buy package and divisibility overrides for branches and territories	Addl The Additional Inventory Parameters screen displays.