Improvements to Service Level and Annual Shortages in Inventory Planning

The calculation of Safety Factor in Inventory Planning is updated to consider these constraints:

  • Minimum Days Cover
  • Minimum Target Units
  • Maximum Days Cover
  • Maximum Target Units

This limited Safety Factor is used to calculate Annual Shortages and Resultant Service level. This improvement applies to all Safety Stock Strategy rules.

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