Inventory policies

A record should be entered in this table if you wish frePPLe to calculate a safety stock and a reorder quantity for an item-location. The calculation can be done for raw materials, intermediate materials and/or end items.

Key Fields

Field

Type

Description

item

non-empty string

The item name for which safety stock and reorder quantity should be computed.

location

non-empty string

The location name for which safety stock and reorder quantity should be computed.

roq minimum quantity

number

Imposes a minimum constraint for the reorder quantity.

roq maximum quantity

number

Imposes a maximum constraint for the reorder quantity.

roq minimum period of cover

number

Imposes a constraint on the minimum period of demand (expressed in days) to be covered with the reorder quantity.

roq maximum period of cover

number

Imposes a constraint on the maximum period of demand (expressed in days) to be covered with the reorder quantity.

safety stock minimum period of cover

number

Imposes a constraint on the minimum period of demand (expressed in days) to be covered with the safety stock.

safety stock maximum period of cover

number

Imposes a constraint on the maximum period of demand (expressed in days) to be covered with the safety stock.

safety stock minimum quantity

number

Imposes a minimum constraint for the safety stock.

safety stock maximum quantity

number

Imposes a maximum constraint for the safety stock.

service level

number

This is the desired service level percentage for that buffer.

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