Demand Planning

Forecasts, demand plans and how contract demand feeds them.

Procurement Plans
A procurement plan is the buying side of production. It takes an approved production plan, works down the recipes into the materials those works orders will...
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Supplier Forecasts
A supplier forecast tells one supplier what you expect to need from them over a period, so they can prepare. It is a courtesy and a planning aid — not an or...
Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 7:43 PM
AI Recommendations
AI Recommendations are suggestions QTRACA raises by reading one planning cycle — its forecast, its demand plan and the production plan that came out of them...
Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Preparing products and suppliers
Most “the plan is wrong” questions are answered by two pieces of master data. Make Time on a product you make decides when a works order has to start. The p...
Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The Supply Tree
The Supply Tree shows what each purchase is for and what each order depends on. Read down, it starts at your suppliers and follows every purchase through th...
Tue, 22 Sep, 2026 at 7:39 PM