You can choose what the system should do with any unconsumed forecasts. However, you cannot directly initiate or control the actual process; you can set up only how the unconsumed forecasts should be eliminated. This is defined for each master scheduling level 1 part and for each project master scheduling part.
To roll out the unconsumed forecasts, the system rolls out or front loads any unconsumed forecasts crossing the demand time fence into the first period outside of the demand time fence.
To drop unconsumed forecasts, the system does not roll out or front load any unconsumed forecasts crossing the demand time fence. The remaining forecasts are discarded.
Forecasts within the demand time fence are ignored when the projected balance is calculated. The projected balance is calculated as follows:
Projected Balance (PB) = Current period PB + Current period supply - (Unconsumed forecast + Actual Demand)
The unconsumed forecast is calculated as follows:
Unconsumed Forecast = Current period forecast - Current period consumed forecast