A method of planning demand for at least one configurable product in a managed supply chain and a demand planner apparatus for planning demand for a configurable product in a managed supply chain

摘要

The invention relates to a method of planning demand for a configurable product in a managed supply chain and a demand planner apparatus for planning demand for a configurable product in a managed supply chain. The method comprises the steps of: storing master data defining a set of characteristic value combinations relating to the product dependent characteristics of the or each product,inputting transactional data defining a demand plan with respect to a product or component,specifying at least one product dependent characteristic of one or more products for which an additional characteristic value is to be assigned, automatically generating the additional characteristic value identifying the specified characteristics andstoring the additional characteristic value to the characteristic value combinations in the master data.