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6. Determining safety stock
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Safety stock for independent items
As soon as certain parameters (demand, delivery time) behave randomly, there's a risk of stock-outs. To prevent this risk, the manager sets aside a safety stock.
Safety stock depends on :
variability of demand during the delivery period ;
frequency of replenishment ;
the desired service level ;
the length of the delay.
The safety stock calculation uses the Gaussian distribution applied to lead-time and consumption variabilities.
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To guard against a (one-sided) 2.5% risk of a stock shortage due to consumption variability, a safety stock equal to 1.96 σ (σ: standard...
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