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   <Header>
      <Title>Seasonal pattern for safety stock and demand</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1153365">
         <Level1>Seasonal pattern</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1153368">
         <Level1>Safety stock</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1153371">
         <Level1>Demand</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>The seasonal pattern
		indicates the (expected) fluctuations in sales.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>With <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#SeasonPatter_tc" role="glossary">seasonal pattern</Link> for safety stock you can
		prevent capacity problems during sales peaks and reduce the risk of obsolete
		inventory.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000377" role="glossary">safety stock</Link> is adjusted to the seasonal factor for the
		current period. The adjustment in inventory is then added to the reorder point.
		Capacity inventory can be built by using systematic increasing the inventory.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The seasonal pattern for
		demand is used to forecast the demand for the item in the next few periods.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>When you use the
		forecast function, you must run the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/ina/whina2202m000" role="session">Calculate Demand Forecast (whina2202m000)</GUIRef> session on the first day of a new period.
		Based on the forecast method, this session calculates the demand forecast for
		each item for the next period, in which the seasonal pattern for demand is
		read.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The result is that this
		pattern is incorporated in the item's reorder point. Depending on the field <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Update inventory/order data</GUIRef> the fields safety stock and
		reorder point are filled with new values.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>