小贴士：如何计算安全库存

 

Safety Stock Calculations

When I first learned inventory planning the math was rather simple.  On top of the cycle stock (expected demand during lead time) I would add a percentage or a number of days (or more likely weeks).  If the lead time was 2 weeks I  might carry 3 or 4 weeks.  I soon learned that demand for some inventory items is more volatile than for others, and some suppliers less reliable than others.  I’d rather have too much then not enough, and I’d never gotten in trouble for having a little too much.

So since all items and situations are different I started using some statistics; (average demand * lead time) (one sided Z factor * demand standard deviation)for the target inventory level; a little better approach.

Here’s another formula from