Two additions that bring the forecast recommendations closer to how you actually place purchase orders.
Supplier override per row Each recommendation row shows the default supplier from the variant-supplier relationship. You can override the supplier for any individual row before acting on it.
- Changing the supplier on a row updates the lead time for that row and recalculates the latest PO placement date accordingly.
- If a variant has no supplier at all, lead time is treated as 0 and the supplier and lead-time cells are visually highlighted as missing data — the row is still shown and still included in any PO draft.
Overriding the supplier on a forecast row does not save back to the variant's supplier setup unless you explicitly update it separately. The override is recommendation-scoped only.
Group by supplier Switch the view to group recommendations by supplier, which matches the way most teams actually place POs: one PO per supplier.
- Each supplier group shows the variants requiring action for the selected location scope and the total recommended quantity across those variants.
- Grouping does not merge recommendations across suppliers with different lead times — each variant's lead time and PO date remain specific to that supplier relationship.
- Variants with no supplier appear in a separate warning group so they don't get buried.
- Changing the location filter recalculates supplier groups and their totals.