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Account Manager Targets are a feature of Manufacturing Cloud that allows you to set and track sales goals for your account managers based on product volume, revenue, or any other custom measure. You can assign targets to individual account managers or to teams, and monitor their progress and performance over time. Account Manager Targets are supported for both standard fiscal year and custom fiscal year, which means you can align your targets with your company’s fiscal calendar. You can also use Account Manager Targets with or without a forecast calendar, which is another feature of Manufacturing Cloud that helps you create and manage forecasts for your accounts and products. References: Account Manager Targets in Manufacturing Cloud, Enable Account Manager Targets, What Is Manufacturing Cloud?

Account Based Forecasting and Sales Agreements are two Manufacturing Cloud functions that should be configured to have a complete picture of both run-rate and net-new business. Account Based Forecasting allows you to forecast your sales revenue based on the account level, rather than the opportunity level. This gives you more visibility into the demand from your existing customers, as well as the potential from new customers. Sales Agreements allow you to manage the sales lifecycle of your long-term contracts with customers, including pricing, volumes, and order realization. This helps you to track and fulfill your run-rate business, as well as to identify and capture new business opportunities within your agreements. References: Forecast Your Run-Rate and New Business with Account-Based Forecasting - Salesforce Help, [Create and Work with Sales Agreements - Salesforce Help]

 The Analytics for Manufacturing App is a prebuilt app that includes dashboards to visualize and analyze data from various Manufacturing Cloud objects, such as sales agreements, account forecasts, account manager targets, and rebates. Before you can create the app, you need to ensure that your data meets some specific requirements, otherwise the app creation fails. One of the requirements is that at least one record must exist in each of the Manufacturing Cloud objects to be analyzed, such as Order, Sales Agreement, Account Forecast, and so on. This ensures that the app has some data to work with and can generate meaningful insights. The other requirements are related to record types, permissions, and field-level security1. References: Data Required to Create the Analytics for Manufacturing App, Set Up Analytics for Manufacturing, Deploy CRM Analytics for Manufacturing.

On the Forecast settings page within Salesforce Manufacturing Cloud, actions such as updating the forecast start period, forecast adjustment period, and forecast formula will trigger the regeneration of all the eligible accounts that meet the forecast generation criteria. These updates necessitate a re-evaluation of forecast data to ensure that the forecasts remain accurate and reflective of the latest business conditions and settings. This regeneration process is integral to maintaining the integrity and relevance of forecast data, facilitating effective planning and decision-making based on the most current information .