Working with Safety Stock Messages

Access the Work With Safety Stock Messages form (P3425).

Item Number

Enter a number that identifies an item.

Branch Plant

Enter a number that identifies a branch or plant.

Original Safety Stock

This field displays the original safety stock quantity in the Item Branch File at the time the Automated Safety Stock Population program (R3425) was last run.

Suggested Safety Stock

This value is calculated by the Automated Safety Stock Population program. You can edit this value unless the message has already been processed.

Manual Entry

This value indicates whether the message was entered manually or updated using the Safety Stock Messages program. A value of N signifies the message was generated by the system, whereas a Y signifies the message was entered manually.

Processed Flag

This value indicates whether the message has been processed or not. A value of N signifies the message has not been processed, whereas a Y signifies that the message has been processed and the safety stock value is updated in the Item Branch File.