Symptom
- Projected stock remains consistently above the configured safety stock after the replenishment lead time horizon.
- The heuristic continues generating supply proposals (often in lot-size-rounded quantities) even though future demand is already included in the stock projection.
- The generated supply proposals are planning-relevant and linked to valid demand elements.
- Behavior differs from comparable products that trend toward safety stock as expected.
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Environment
- Product: SAP Integrated Business Planning
- Time-series supply planning heuristic
Product
SAP Integrated Business Planning all versions
Keywords
IBP, heuristic, projected stock above safety stock, receipts balancing, lot-size, rounding, long lead time, maximum inventory, MAXINVENTORY, distribution receipts, time-series supply planning, overstock, supply proposals, safety stock, period-by-period planning , KBA , SCM-IBP-RM-FH , Order-Based Finite Heuristic , Problem
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