Forecast Consumption Is a Decision Rule, Not a Technical Detail

Forecast Consumption is a decision rule linking the forecast to actual orders inside Demand Planning and MRP. The rule should make its horizon, sequencing, ownership and exception logic explicit rather than being treated as a hidden technical setting.

Bernard Milian highlights why this matters: an apparently minor parameter can change replenishment, inventory and service decisions. Value depends on testing the rule against real demand patterns and documenting who may override it; the principal failure mode is a technically valid configuration that planners do not understand or trust.