Forecasting in demand planning

Hi all,
        in our business ( car manuafacturer) we thought of using following funtionalities of DP
  1) Traditional forecasting with BW charecteristics
  2) CBF ( charecteristic based forecasting)
  3) DP BOM scenarios
Now , i am planning to use all in one MPOS...!!!!!!
1) Is it possible to use all above scenarios with one common MPOS?
2) Whats SAP recommendation?
3) what are the advantages & disadvantages ?
4) what are the things i need to keep in mind?
Regards
Rajesh

Rajesh
Refer to OSS note 484144 - Information on characteristics-based forecasting (CBF)
Basis planning object structure:
A combination of DP BOMS and characteristics-based forecasting (CBF) is not possible.
This note is a bit old (2005), so maybe things have changed since then. But I you suggest that you test thoroughly.
RIshi Menon

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