Consumption pattern

Hello,
can anyone guide me in  a lay man term what does consumption patter mean and what does backward & forward consumtion patter menas and what is the impact.
please expain me by giving very simple example and like lay man.
thanks
neha

Hi and thanks for the reply!
I tried using the additional product master attribute and wrote a macro that set the value according to our business logic. I also included the additional product master attribute as a navigational attribute to the product master in our planning area. So far so good. However when I try to assign the forecast profile, I just realized that it can only be done based on characteristics in the planning object structure and not on navigational attributes.
This leads me to the conclusion that we either need to incorporate the XYZ indicator as a characteristic in the planning object structure, or write a new program for forecast profile assignment.
Thanks in advance!
Kind regards,
Geir Kronkvist

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