Supply Chain › Direct Materials
Supplier Forecasts
What the supplier has been told to expect, what they committed to, and what actually happened.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Sourcing
- Section: Direct Materials
- Screen: Supplier Forecasts
Address in the console: /scm/supplier-forecasts
List · 10 columns · 9 fields on its form · 3 of them required · 1 action
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Supplier | Text | supplier_name |
| Item | Code | item_no |
| Period | Code | period |
| Forecast | Number | forecast_quantity |
| Committed | Number | committed_quantity |
| Covered | Text | committed_pct |
| Actual | Number | actual_quantity |
| Their capacity | Number | supplier_capacity |
| Shared | Date and time | shared_at |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplier required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Item required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Period required | Text | e.g. 2026-Q3 | |
| Starting | Date | ||
| Forecast | Number | ||
| Committed | Number | ||
| Actual | Number | ||
| Their capacity | Number | ||
| Status | Choice | draft, shared, acknowledged, committed, at_risk |
What you can do here
Share a forecast primary
Share the forecast with a supplier
Asks for: Supplier* Periods*
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.