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                            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

DR100     IC12.1    IC120     IC219     IC239     IC330

UPDATED BY

IC19.1    IC300     IC519     IC589

FIELD NAME           DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                    UPDATED BY

IFO-COMPANY          Numeric 4                                   IC19.1  IC519
Company              The company number represents an            IC589
                     established company and is entered on
                     all function codes.

IFO-LOCATION         Alpha 5                                     IC19.1  IC519
Location Code        This field contains a valid stocking        IC589
                     location within the company inventory.

IFO-ITEM             Alpha 32                                    IC19.1  IC519
Item Number          This field contains the item                IC589
                     identifier.

IFO-FORECAST-YEAR    Numeric 4                                   IC19.1  IC519
Forecast Year        This field contains the inventory year      IC589
                     of the forecast.

IFO-FORECAST-NBR     Numeric 4                                   IC19.1  IC519
Forecast Number      This field contains the number assigned     IC589
                     to a forecast for an item.  An item can
                     have multiple forecasts at the same
                     location.

IFO-QUARTER          Numeric 1                                   IC19.1  IC519
Quarter              This field is used if weekly periods        IC589
                     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                   IC19.1  IC519
Forecast Quantity    This field contains the forecast            IC589
                     quantity.

IFO-FORECAST-AMT     Numeric 13 Occurs 14 Times                  IC19.1  IC519
Forecast Amount      This field contains the forecast amount.    IC589

                         ICFORECAST FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

IFOSET1   COMPANY                                                DR100   IC12.1
          LOCATION                                               IC120   IC19.1
          ITEM                                                   IC219   IC239
          FORECAST-YEAR                                          IC300   IC330
          FORECAST-NBR                                           IC519   IC589
          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