Entering replenishment parameters: Safety Stock Minimum Receipts

Click Inventory Control>File Maintenances>Replenishment Parameter Maintenance.
Specify the defining parameters for the item: You can enter a warehouse, from warehouse vendor, purchasing line and/or item combination. Note: The scope for an item ideally should be least to most specific. When possible, parameters should be set according to the hierarchy: Company, Warehouse, Vendor, Purchasing Line, Item, Warehouse / Item and avoid specific items settings.
In the Show drop down, specify Summary to view all of the effective parameters entered for the parameters set in the system and Detail to display overrides for only those parameter options that can be defined for the warehouse, from warehouse, vendor, purchasing line and/or item combination entered in step 2.
In the Parameter Options Line browser, select the Replenishment Parameter “Minimum Receipts Required”.
Click Edit.
(Optional) To modify the scope of the item’s parameter, select Change Scope and specify Warehouse, Vendor, Purchasing Line, Item or Vendor as appropriate and select Apply. Note: The settings for this section can be defined at any level in the replenishment parameter hierarchy. When the system asks if you want to change to a more specific scope, click Yes.
In the Number of Receipts field specify the minimum receipt count required for calculation of a new safety stock value.
In the Number of Periods field, specify the number of periods in which the number of receipts must occur.
Click Save.
(Optional) You can specify additional replenishment parameters as needed.
Click Exit.