Inventory Control > Item Reorder Quantity Update

The procedure discussed in this section are the steps to follow if you selected the Update Safety Stock option in the Item Reorder Quantity Update function.

To update the inventory item's safety stock, perform the steps below:

1.In the Base Safety Stock On section, select the basis for updating the safety stock. Choose one of the following options:

oCurrent Safety Stock

Select this option if you want to use the current safety stock levels as basis for updating them. If you select this option, enter in the adjacent field the desired percentage of increase of the safety stock quantities.

oSales in all warehouses

Select this option if you want to update the safety stock levels based upon a specified percentage of the total unit sales from all warehouses during the specified range of dates.

oSales in Whse

Select this option if you want to update the safety stock levels based upon a specified percentage of the total unit sales from a specific warehouse during the specified range of dates.

oUsage in Whse

Select this option if you want to update the safety stock levels based upon a specified percentage of the total number of raw material quantities used in manufacturing finished goods in a specific warehouse during the specified range of dates.

oSpecific Qty

Select this option if you want to enter a fixed quantity of increase in each inventory item's safety stock level.

2.Perform Step #6 discussed in Item Reorder Quantity Update section.