Knowledge Base for Prediction App
- 1. Set a Discontinuous or Continuous Frozen Period [Project managers]
- 2. Project Cockpit Improvements [Project managers]
- 3. General Cockpit Improvements [Trial & Project managers]
- 4. Add more notes to your project scenario [Project managers]
- 5. Edit your scenario more efficiently [Trial & Project managers]
- 6. Result quality improvement
1. Set a Discontinuous or Continuous Frozen Period [Project managers]
With Prediction.2025.8 we introduced the ability to freeze lots in a discontinuous way (i.e. freeze lots anywhere while allowing the system to compute new lots where needed.) As an option, you could also define a frozen period per product in the Products table. In this case, no new lots can be computed by the system before the end of the frozen period, defined by the Frozen until date in the Products table.
With Prediction.2026.2 we introduce a way to automatically define a frozen period that runs up to the last frozen lot by setting the Frozen Period field to Continuous in the Products table.
In Continuous mode, the frozen period ends on the later of:
- the latest manufactured lot date, or
- the optional Frozen until date.
If the Frozen until date is earlier than the latest frozen lot, it is ignored.
In the Discontinuous mode, the system still considers the frozen period defined by the Frozen until date, but allows you to freeze lots discontinuously after that period. In other words, new lots can be computed by the system anywhere after the frozen period.
When creating a new product, the default mode is Continuous. If you are not interested in freezing lots in a discontinuous way, you can leave this value unchanged.
With the release Prediction.2026.2:
- Products that have a frozen lot after the defined frozen period are automatically set to Discontinuous mode.
- Products with a specified Frozen until date but no frozen lots after the defined frozen period are set to Continuous mode.
- Products without a specified Frozen until date are automatically set to Continuous mode.
We strongly recommend reviewing your scenarios and adjusting the mode if necessary, especially for products that did not previously have a Frozen until date.
Performance notice: Discontinuous mode can impact performance. Use only for products that require discontinuous lot freezing.
2. Project Cockpit Improvements [Project managers]
2.1 Allocation Overview Cockpit
The Allocation Overview cockpit now displays three expiry dates for each lot:
- Lot Exp: the latest expiry date among all usages of the lot.
- Today Exp: the expiry date of the lot computed based on today’s applicable milestone.
- Alloc. Exp: the expiry date of the lot computed at the time the lot is used by the consumer. This applies only if the consumer does not have a stability plan.
Example
Let’s consider the following stability plan:
For the lot DP01 produced on 20-Apr-24, we observe the following expiry dates:
- Allocation Exp.:
- To BL001: 31-Oct-25
Expiry date computed based on the shelf-life available on the date the lot is used by BL001, namely on 19-Jul-24 (18 months) - To BL008: 30-Apr-27
Expiry date computed based on the shelf-life available on the date the lot is used by BL008, namely on 13-Jun-25 (36 months) - Lot Exp.: 30-Apr-27
Expiry date obtained by taking the latest date of the Allocation Exp. dates (i.e. latest between 31-Oct-25 and 30-Apr-27). - Today Exp.: 30-Apr-2027
Expiry date computed based on today’s available shelf life (36 months on 19-Mar-26).
- To BL001: 31-Oct-25
2.2 Improved Filtering
When double-clicking a lot or a consumer in the Allocation overview cockpit:
- The active filter is highlighted in orange.
- The current filter is displayed at the top, where it can be easily cleared.
2.3 Manufacturing Overview Cockpit
Lots can now be frozen or unfrozen directly from the Manufacturing Overview cockpit.
- Frozen lots appear in blue.
- A padlock icon indicates the available action:
- 🔓 Open lock → Click to unfreeze the lot
- 🔒 Closed lock → Click to freeze the lot
3. General Cockpit Improvements [Trial & Project managers]
3.1 Better Identify Frozen Lots and Allocations
Throughout the app, frozen lots are now marked with a ❄️ symbol, making it easier to distinguish between frozen and newly computed lots.
We now have three distinct colors that indicate the state of a lot, or an allocation:
- Green: the lot or allocation is part of the project master.
- Light blue: the lot or allocation is frozen in the scenario.
- Grey: the lot or allocation is generated by the forecaster.
4. Add more notes to your project scenario [Project managers]
A Notes field has been added to the following tables:
- Manufacturing Lots
- Demands
- To Manufacturing Lots
- To Demands
These notes are for scenario documentation only and are not synchronized with the project master data.
- Notes from the master are not imported into the scenario.
- Notes added in the scenario are not pushed back to the master.
5. Edit your scenario more efficiently [Trial & Project managers]
The former Cockpit Synchronization Mode is now simply called Synchronization.
This mode allows you to edit large scenarios more efficiently without constant recomputation slowdowns.
When Synchronization is disabled:
- Automatic synchronization with the cockpit is disabled.
- Result recomputation is disabled when editing tables or switching views within the scenario.
As a result, the packaging lot expiry date and margin computations are also disabled. - You can still save your scenario.
- Some actions are disabled:
- Auto-fill in Manufacturing lots table
- Freeze parent lots or input allocations in Manufacturing lots, Demands and Packaging lots tables.
When exiting edit mode, Synchronization is automatically re-enabled.
Additionally, performance optimizations have been implemented to improve result computation speed.
6. Result quality improvement
In some cases, unexpected results could occur (such as unexpected missed demands), we have improved both:
- Result quality
- Computation speed
