• Form Application: Inventory
• Form Name: INVDDFSS
• Form Path: /oracle/apps/r12/visr12/apps/apps_st/appl/inv/12.0.0/forms/US/INVDDFSS.fmx

Safety Stocks are buffer inventory that is kept for any fluctuation in demand/supply. Safety Stocks also include the demand during lead-time to make/buy an item. Safety stocks can be system generated or manually entered. In this tutorial you will see how to enter ‘Safety Stock’ manually in Oracle Inventory module.

Navigation: Inventory responsibility -> Planning -> Safety Stocks

• Enter the search criteria to search existing safety stocks and click ‘FIND’ or
• Click ‘NEW’ to add safety stock to an item
• Enter ‘Item Number’ to which safety stock should be added
• Enter ‘Effective Date’ from which it is active
• Enter the safety stock ‘quantity’
• Click ‘Save’ to save the safety stock details entered

MRP / Supply Chain Planning can consider safety stock quantity in addition to demand quantity while suggesting planned order quantity.

Enter Safety Stock Manually