Safety Stock Definition | Becker

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Safety Stock

 

  1. A safety stock is the level of inventory that is maintained to ensure that supply requirements are met. A quantity of inventory held to meet unanticipated demand during the time between placement of an order and its receipt into inventory, or unanticipated delays in receiving the replenishment.

 

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