Modeling of forecasting and production planning data

A computer-implemented method for data transformation, the method comprising:

• receiving forecast data from a source application;
• and
• transforming the forecast data into a common format provided by a forecast class, wherein
• the forecast class represents forecasts of different types,
• the forecast class identifies a set of relationships of a forecast with a plurality of entities related to the forecast,
• the forecast class includes a designated data element to store data indicating whether data elements of the forecast class store data of a demand forecast, and
• the different forecast types comprise a demand forecast type and a supply forecast type.

A computer-readable medium having executable instructions to cause a computer to perform a method comprising:

• defining a forecast class that represents forecasts of different types, wherein
• the forecast class identifies a set of relationships of a forecast with a plurality of entities related to the forecast,
• the different forecast types comprise a demand forecast type and a supply forecast type, and
• the forecast class includes a designated data element to store data indicating whether data elements of the forecast class store data of a demand forecast;
• and
• representing the forecasts provided by the forecast class in a common format.

A computer readable medium having executable instructions to cause a computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving forecast data from a source application;
• and
• transforming the forecast data into a common format provided by a forecast class, wherein
• the forecast class represents forecasts of different types,
• the forecast class identifies a set of relationships of a forecast with a plurality of entities related to the forecast,
• the forecast class includes a designated data element to store data indicating whether data elements of the forecast class store data of a demand forecast, and
• the different forecast types comprise a demand forecast type and a supply forecast type.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing a set of instructions which cause the processor to define a forecast class that represents forecasts of different types, wherein
• the forecast class identifies a set of relationships of a forecast with a plurality of entities related to the forecast,
• the different forecast types comprise a demand forecast type and a supply forecast type, and
• the forecast class includes a designated data element to store data indicating whether data elements of the forecast class store data of a demand forecast;
• and
• represent the forecasts provided by the forecast class in a common format.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing a set of instructions which cause the processor to
• receive forecast data from a source application, and
• transform the forecast data into a common format provided by a forecast class, wherein
• the forecast class represents forecasts of different types,
• the forecast class identifies a set of relationships of a forecast with a plurality of entities related to the forecast,
• the forecast class includes a designated data element to store data indicating whether data elements of the forecast class store data of a demand forecast, and
• the different forecast types comprise a demand forecast type and a supply forecast type.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for defining a forecast class that represents forecasts of different types, wherein
• the forecast class identifies a set of relationships of a forecast with a plurality of entities related to the forecast,
• the different forecast types comprise a demand forecast type and a supply forecast type, and
• the forecast class includes a designated data element to store data indicating whether data elements of the forecast class store data of a demand forecast;
• and
• means for representing the forecasts provided by the forecast class in a common format.

An apparatus for data transformation, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving forecast data from a source application;
• and
• means for transforming the forecast data into a common format provided by a forecast class, wherein
• the forecast class represents forecasts of different types,
• the forecast class identifies a set of relationships of a forecast with a plurality of entities related to the forecast,
• the forecast class includes a designated data element to store data indicating whether data elements of the forecast class store data of a demand forecast, and
• the different forecast types comprise a demand forecast type and a supply forecast type.