Material Forecast

You can view the all materials used in any related BOM along with total forecasted usage from material forecast tab. Total Forecasted Usage equals sum of every product's quantity times the total quantity used in the bill of material.

Access Material Forecast tab. See Material Usage Powerview.
Attributes Description
Name Name of the material. Click Name to insert the material into the context tree view.
Description Description of the material.
Primary image of the material.
Type Type of the material.
Quality Details Quality Details of the material.
Vendor Name of the vendor for the material.
Status Current state of the material in its lifecycle.
Standard Cost Standard Cost of the material in currency format followed by standard UOM.
Lower Cost The field lower standard cost is displayed if the material has an available alternate with a lower standard cost. Click lower standard cost to open a pop-up window that displays the item's alternates.
Forecasted Demand Total forecasted demand for the material.
Products Click to open the Where Used page.
Colors Click to open the Approved Colors page.
Production Office/Agent Name of the responsible production office/agent for the material.
Country of Origin Country of origin for the material.