Definition
The Projected Stock Out Alert tells you when an item is projected to be out of stock, or below panic point, at lead time. It helps you spot, automatically, items that will not have a healthy inventory position by the time a new order could arrive.
Its home screen is Projected Stockouts. To change its settings, click Alerts on that screen. You need the Edit Purchasing Alert Settings permission.
Which items can alert
An item can only raise this alert if your organization's Stock Out Policy counts it. The policy is set on the Global Inventory Limits screen and decides whether items with non-stock order policies, items with zero safety stock, replaced items and never-stocked items count. It is the same list the Projected Stockouts screen shows.
NOTE: This replaces the old "Check for non-stock order policy item-sites" option in these alert settings.
Settings
Choose the group of items to change under Modify Alert Settings For, then:
- Enable This Alert- Turns the alert on or off for that group.
- Generate only for Primary Supplier (Recommended)- Alert only for the item's primary supplier, which sets its normal replenishment lead time and plan.
- Min Projected Negative Balance- The minimum value below the out-of-stock quantity before an alert is generated.
- Min Projected Negative- The minimum units below the out-of-stock quantity before an alert is generated.
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Alert when Below Panic Point- Also alert for items projected to go below panic point without running out. When checked, two more fields appear:
- Min Below Panic Pt. Balance- The minimum value below panic point before an alert is generated.
- Min Below Panic Pt Units- The minimum units below panic point before an alert is generated.
- Suppress Alert if next Supply Order is arriving soon- Skip the alert when existing supply will fix the problem soon enough. When checked, enter what counts as soon in 'Soon Enough' Days.
- Minimums Required- Whether a row must exceed both the unit and the value minimums, or either one. The other settings always apply.
Priority
- High- The item is projected out of stock and existing orders do not cover the shortfall.
- Medium- The item is projected out of stock, but existing orders will eventually cover the shortfall.
- Low- The item is projected below panic point but is not projected to stock out.
Alerts are sorted by the largest projected value of the stock out or below-panic-point shortfall.
Applies To
Items that are projected to go out of stock or below panic point at lead time, and that your Stock Out Policy counts.