According to the Oracle Supply Planning Cloud User Guide1, there are four types of demand information that can be included as demand in an Oracle supply plan: production plan (A), manual forecast ©, demand forecast (D), and sales orders. A production plan is a high-level plan that specifies the quantity and timing of finished goods to be produced. A manual forecast is a user-defined forecast that can be entered or imported into a supply plan. A demand forecast is a statistical forecast that is generated by Oracle Demand Management Cloud or another forecasting system. Sales orders are confirmed orders from customers that have been entered into Oracle Order Management Cloud or another order management system. A build plan (B) is not a type of demand information that can be included as demand in an Oracle supply plan, but rather an output of a supply plan that specifies the quantity and timing of production orders to be executed.