Inventory and Warehousing · Odoo glossary

Safety Stock

A planned inventory buffer held to reduce the effect of uncertain demand or replenishment time.

Definition

In general ERP practice

A planned inventory buffer held to reduce the effect of uncertain demand or replenishment time.

In Odoo

In an Odoo implementation, Set the buffer against service expectations and variability. Increasing it ties up capital and may conceal avoidable supply or planning problems.