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Safe stock amount calculation method, safe stock amount calculation device, order making moment calculation method, order making moment calculation device, and order making amount calculation method

US7933805B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 2003
Grant dateApr 26, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0633
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A safety stock amount calculation method includes calculating a probability Pb that a delivery time for a certain commodity required by a customer is shorter than its lead time L, calculating an average LL of a difference between the lead time L and the customer's required delivery time when the lead time L exceeds the customer's required delivery time, correcting an inventory adjustment period N by using the average value LL, and calculating a safety stock amount SS by the equations SS=Pb×k×(√N×F)×σ, wherein σ is a standard deviation of demand for the commodity, N is a corrected inventory adjustment period, Pb is a probability, F is a shipment frequency, and k is a safety coefficient.

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