Setting lead time and safety stock
Lead time, safety stock, and restock-to values are key forecasting inputs that help Stockie determine when and how much to reorder.
These settings are managed from the Forecasting page by clicking Manage settings.
Where to find these settings
- In your Stockie app, go to Forecasting → Manage settings.
- There you'll find the Reorder calculation settings card. Here, you can configure:
- Default lead time (days)
- Default safety stock (min days of cover)
- Default restock to (max days of cover)
- Below the defaults, you’ll see a product variant table where you can override these values for specific products or variants.
Default settings
These act as your global defaults, applied to all products unless you override them individually.
| Setting | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Default lead time | The number of days it usually takes for stock to arrive after you place an order. | If it typically takes 14 days for your supplier to deliver, set your default lead time to 14. |
| Default safety stock | The minimum number of days of inventory you always want on hand as a buffer against delays or spikes in demand. | If you want to maintain at least 30 days of inventory on hand, set this to 30. |
| Default restock to | The maximum number of days of inventory you want to have after restocking. Stockie uses this to calculate your suggested reorder quantity. | If you want to restock to 90 days of cover after each order, set this to 90. |
💡 Tip: These defaults auto-save and apply to all variants that don’t have specific overrides.
Per-product overrides
Use the variant table to fine-tune your settings for specific products.
Simply edit the Lead time, Safety stock, or Restock to fields directly in the table — Stockie auto-saves your changes instantly.
For example:
- Products from a supplier that ships faster might have a lead time of 7 days instead of 14.
- High-priority SKUs might have extra safety stock (e.g. 45 days) to ensure coverage.
- Slow movers might be restocked to fewer days of cover.
If a variant’s field is left empty, Stockie automatically uses your default value for that setting.
How these settings are used
Stockie uses your configured values to calculate:
- Reorder points:
(Lead time × Sales velocity) + (Safety stock × Sales velocity) - Suggested reorder quantity: The amount needed to bring your stock up to your restock-to days of cover when reordering.
These calculations power your Smart Mode notifications and appear in your Inventory Forecasting table.
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