Promotional History Reconciliation

[Former Member]

In promotion planning, if you have Total HIstory e.g. Base + Promotions, and you want to forecast separately, e.g. Forecast Base and Promotions separately. How do you reconcile the the forecast to come up with total history to release to SNP?

• Planning Book One > Base History + Base Forecast

• Planning Book Two > Promotion History + Promotion Forecast

• Planning Book Three > Total History + Total Forecast

Question becomes when you choose a level to forecast, which Planning Book does the reconciliation of the forecast to different levels? I realize that this is a blueprint question, but I am looking for best practice, and minimize the manipulation of planning books by the Demand Planners.

[Former Member]

Hi Joel,

I preassume that eventhough you had mentioned three different

planning books, in your scenario all these three planning books

will be pointing towards a single planning area for demand

planning.

In such case, the total history will be reconciled best by the

aggregaged key figure total forecast which is part of the third

planning book.

Regards

R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

[Former Member]

Once again, thank you very much,