The Default Safety Stock screen contains options that control how StockIQ will select from its own calculated values vs any provided from your ERP and otherwise.
Unless you have overrides from your ERP (this is rare) this usually means that whatever was calculated in your Statistical Inventory is what becomes your active safety stock.
Below is a description of the different options in this screen. You can override each of these settings for individual items using the Safety Stock Overrides screen.
Settings
Method - This defines how StockIQ should select between the safety stock values available to it.
- Statistical - Always use the value calculated by StockIQ according to the Statistical Safety Stock settings for that item.
- Host Provided - Always use what came from the host ERP system. 0 is used if no value is present.
- Host Value When Provided - Use when came from the ERP system if present, otherwise use StockIQ's statistical value.
- Highest - Choose the higher of the two ERP vs StockIQ values
- Lowest - Chose the lower of the two ERP vs StockIQ values
- Number of Days - Calculate safety stock based on a number of days of usage, based on Forecasted Usage @ Lead Time. This option is not recommended for a default, and also generally not for individual item overrides either - see the recommendations in the Safety Stock Overrides topic.
- Fixed Value - Use a safety stock of a particular fixed value. This option is not recommended for a default, and is not usually recommended for individual overrides either - see the recommendations in the Safety Stock Overrides topic.
Fixed Value - What value to use if you've selected the Fixed Value SS method.
Number of Days - What number of days to target if you've selected the Number Of Days method.
Stock to Cumulative Lead Time - When checked, safety stock is based on the cumulative, end-to-end lead time of any products which have a bill-of-materials and/or are in hub/spoke relationships. See Cumulative Lead Time