Example of Safety Stock Planning with Lead Time Constraints

This example shows how the supply planning process plans safety stock in a constrained supply plan with a lead time constraint.

Safety Stock Planning with Lead Time Constraint

For this example, let's use these parameters:

• Nonworking days: Days 6, 7, 13, and 14

• Purchasing lead time: 3 days

• Enforce Purchasing Lead Time item attribute: Yes

In this scenario,

• The constrained supply plan enforced the purchase lead time of Item C.

• The planning process created supply on Day 4, which is the plan start date plus the lead time.

• Safety stock from Day 1 to Day 3 wasn't met because the purchasing lead time was enforced by the plan for Item C.