Safety stock is getting on my nerve...grrr....

thomast

Hi Guys,

I now have two customers with the same issue with safety stock getting in the way...

Situation:
Whenever they buy the item, they want to buy Q=250. Today they have an inventory of Q=10. They get a sales order for Q=45 and since they don't have enough stock to cover that, they want the Planning Worksheet to suggest 1 lines with Q=250. This would cover the sales order, and then they have some quantities left that they can keep in stock. (Is this really an unreasonable requirement....!?!)

HOWEVER: When running the planning work sheet, this will create TWO lines: One Exception line of Q=35 and then another line with Q=250.

Is there any way to achieve what we want?

Thanks!

sorenhinrup

How short are their delivery horizon? If the sales order has an expected shipment date far enough in the future, I believe it should not suggest this.
How are the item Reorder Policy, Reorderpoint, Safety Leadtime and Safety stock setup?

Kishorm

When calculating the plan, make sure the Starting Date is before the Sales Order Shipment Date

thomast

Kishorm,

I almost thought this would work. It makes a lot of sense, unfortunately it did not. I had a delivery date on the sales order of 10/10/17, but ran the regenerative plan with a start date of 01/01/17, but still it came up with two lines: An exception line for 45 and then another line for the 250.....

Thanks for the effort guys!

Kishorm

That’s strange, can you provide more info, in particular...

- Planning parameters for the item
- Options used on calculate plan
- Dates and quantities of the planning lines that are generated

Just to double check, did you have an Ending Date after 10/10/17?