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Demand Outlook

The forward-looking heart of the module - the expected future availability balance from recorded demand and supply.

Demand Outlook report

Project the expected on-hand balance by combining current stock with cumulated future demand and supply from Business Central documents, spot over- and undersupply before it happens, and get alerted when an item is projected to drop below its reorder point or safety stock.

At a glance

Generated from the report definition (Bedarfs-Ausblick / Bedarfs-Ausblick).

  • Key visuals: lineStackedColumnComboChart, 2× matrix

What this report helps you do

  • Analyze the expected availability balance based on demand & supply
  • Identify over- and undersupplied items for chosen periods
  • Get notified when the projection drops below reorder point or safety stock
  • Trace demand and supply back to the underlying BC documents via drill-through

Filters & slicers

Filter What it does
Client, Period (date), Location, Item (Category), Item Category, Item Posting Group Global slicers plus item-category and posting-group filters for granular demand/supply analysis.

Visuals on this page

Demand & Supply by Item

A table listing items with OnHand Quantity, OnHand CostAmount Physical, Demand (-), Supply (+), Over/Under Supply (Future cum.) and its amount, plus RP and SS warning flags. The tooltip surfaces the maintained replenishment parameters at item & location level.

  • Sort and filter items by projected over- or undersupply
  • Use the RP / SS flags to prioritize items at risk of shortage

Demand & Supply per Month

A month-by-month table of Expected Future OnHand Balance, Demand and Supply.

  • Understand how the balance evolves period by period
  • Pinpoint the month a shortage or excess is expected to occur

Expected Balance considering Demand & Supply

A combo chart: bars show Demand (-) and Supply (+) per period; lines show OnHand Quantity, Expected Future OnHand Balance, Expected Balance (Res.Entry), and - when a maintained SKU is selected - the Safety Stock and Reorder Point levels. Tooltips reveal demand/supply source and expected due dates.

  • See the projected balance against safety stock and reorder point at a glance
  • Compare the document-based projection with the MRP reservation-entry projection

Drill-through & detail pages

Demand & Supply Details

Drill-throughs are available across the report, navigating to filtered detail pages for demand details (sales orders, production-order components) and supply details (purchase orders, production orders / FA details).

Demand & Supply Details

Typical use cases

  • Shortage Prevention — Use the projected balance and RP/SS warnings to reorder in time and avoid stockouts.
  • Overstock Avoidance — Detect cumulative oversupply early and defer or reduce incoming orders.
  • MRP Validation — Compare the document-based expected balance with the reservation-entry balance to sanity-check the planning run.
  • Expected Future OnHand Balance
  • Demand
  • Supply
  • Over/Under Supply (Future cum.)
  • ReorderPoint

See the full KPI & measure catalog for definitions and formats.

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