Overview
Committed Demand is an optional demand stream that can be mapped into AGR from your ERP or other business systems.
It represents known future demand that has already been committed by the business and should be considered in replenishment planning. Unlike forecast-driven demand, Committed Demand is based on existing commitments and operational requirements.
Examples of Committed Demand sources include:
Open Sales Orders on Hold
Project requirements
Reserved customer allocations
Production commitments
Other customer-specific ERP data that represents future consumption
When mapped into AGR, Committed Demand becomes an additional demand stream contributing to the item's Total Demand, helping ensure replenishment calculations reflect both forecasted and committed future requirements.
Visualisation in AGR
When Committed Demand is mapped into AGR, it appears as a purple data series in the Item Chart.
Committed demand for BOM components
For Bill of Materials (BOM) components, Committed Demand represents component requirements that have already been allocated to planned or confirmed production activities.
This is the quantity of a component item required to fulfil parent-level production, assembly, or work orders that have been committed for execution, even though the finished product has not yet been completed or delivered.
In practical terms, it is the demand placed on a child component by upstream manufacturing activity such as:
Production orders
Assembly orders
Work orders
Manufacturing projects
Relationship to BOM Demand
Committed Demand and BOM Demand are separate demand streams.
BOM Demand is AGR's calculated forecast of future component consumption based on the estimated future orders of BOM parent items.
Committed Demand is demand mapped directly from the ERP or another source that represents actual committed production or assembly requirements.
Together, these demand streams provide a more complete picture of future component requirements.
Both are included in the item's Total Demand calculation and are used by AGR when generating replenishment recommendations.
Impact on Replenishment Planning
By including Committed Demand in Total Demand, AGR can:
Account for known future requirements that are not reflected in sales history or forecasts
Improve component availability for production
Reduce the risk of material shortages
Generate replenishment recommendations that better reflect operational commitments
This is particularly valuable for manufacturers and assemblers where future consumption is often driven by production activity rather than customer sales alone.
Note!
When used in production, additional data mapping in also necessary for the BOM parent to show Production/Assembly orders, which will be included in the Undelivered Data Series.
General Mapping requirements
Components (Committed Demand)
Field Name | Description |
ITEM_NO | The item required to fulfill this demand |
LOCATION_NO | The location where the item is needed |
QUANTITY | The required quantity of the item for the order |
DEMAND_DATE | The date by which the item is needed to meet the demand |
Finished Good (Undelivered)
Field Name | Description |
BOM_ORDER_NO | Unique identifier of the production/assembly order |
ITEM_NO | Item being produced/assembled |
LOCATION_NO | Location where the produced/assembled item will be delivered |
DELIVERY_DATE | Planned delivery date for the produced/assembled item |
QUANTITY | Undelivered quantity still expected from the production/assembly order |