Forecasts
Forecasts presented in the Forecast app can only be imported via Jakamo Forecast API. In other words, customers need to purchase Jakamo integration before Forecasts can be shared with suppliers. Find Forecast API description from here.
The forecast icon in the Order App becomes visible once your Customer has shared a forecast with your company. If you are expecting to receive forecasts but do not see the forecast icon as shown below, please contact your Customer and ask them to share the forecast with you. Forecast App is offered to suppliers free of charge.
1. Forecasts
Forecasts allow customers to send order or demand forecasts for upcoming months to their suppliers. The Forecasts feature is available and visible only if the customer has included it in their Jakamo subscription. Forecasts are a sub‑feature of the Orders App. If the functionality is enabled, users can access it via the Forecasts icon located in the top‑center area of the Orders App.
ℹ️ Info Jakamo displays only the latest forecast. This means that only one forecast per customer–supplier relationship is available at a time.
When you click the Forecasts icon, the Forecasts view opens. In this view, you can refine the displayed forecasts using the following filters:
- Relation: Filter forecasts by one or more customer companies.
- Search: Find specific items using item IDs.
- Purpose code: Switch between possible Order forecast and Demand forecast
- Report format: Choose whether to view forecasts in a default, monthly or weekly layout.
Both SENT and RECEIVED forecasts can be reviewed in this view.
By adjusting the Report type filter, the forecast data is displayed according to the selected format: date-based, weekly, or monthly. Each selection presents the forecast as follows:
- Dates based (default) report type, shows the latest values with dates.
- Monthly report type, the period is the current month and the next 11 months.
- Weekly report type, the period is the current week and the next 51 weeks.
However, the Jakamo user interface does not, for example, aggregate the demand for specific items over a given period. In most cases, it is more practical to export the forecast data to an external tool, such as an Excel spreadsheet.
You can do this by clicking the XLS button in the upper‑right corner of the forecast view.
Selection in the Report type drop box affects the exported spreadsheet as follows:
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Report type: "default"
- Quantities for each item are summarized from all forecast lines without time limitations.
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Report type: "week"
- Shows quantities for all items per week, where any item has a quantity.
- Quantities are not summarized across different items.
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Report type: "month"
- Shows quantities for all items per month, where any item has a quantity.
- Quantities are not summarized across different items.
Jakamo displays only the latest forecast. Forecast history is not available in Jakamo.
If you need to retain previous forecasts, we recommend subscribing to forecasts using the Forecast emailer feature.
2. Forecast emailer
Subscribe to forecasts by adding your email address in the Forecast emailer settings. You can use your own email address or a colleague’s email address (subject to domain restrictions).
Once enabled, you will automatically receive the latest forecast by email as an Excel (.xlsx) file.
Please note: Once the forecast email subscription is enabled, you will receive all forecasts sent to your company by email. It is not possible to limit deliveries to specific customers or relationships.
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