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# Replenishment with the Stock Cover Days

### How do I see the suggested reorder quantities? What is the day based threshold?

With the Day based threshold, you can set the minimum and maximum stock covers for your products. This way, our application will notify you when a product reaches its minimum stock level and tell you how many units you need to order to reach its maximum stock level. These minimum and maximum quantities will be calculated based on the daily updated forecast values. (You can access the details of the Forecast algorithm [here](https://docs.merchbees.com/merchbees-low-stock-alert/forecast-and-reporting-module/forecast-algorithm).)

For example, you can set the **Minimum Stock Cover Days** to **10** and the **Maximum Stock Cover Days** to **30**.

This means that you will receive a low stock alert when a product reaches **10 days of stock or less**, and the reorder quantity will be calculated based on **30 days of stock**.

For example, let's assume the **Daily Forecast** for a product is **2 units/day**.

* **Daily Forecast:** 2 units/day
* **Minimum Stock Cover Days:** 10
* **Maximum Stock Cover Days:** 30

**Calculations**

* **Minimum Stock Threshold** = Daily Forecast × Minimum Stock Cover Days\
  \= 2 × 10 = **20 units**
* **Maximum Stock Level** = Daily Forecast × Maximum Stock Cover Days\
  \= 2 × 30 = **60 units**
* **Reorder Quantity** = Maximum Stock Level − Current Inventory\
  \= 60 − Current Inventory

**So,**

* A low stock alert is sent when the inventory level reaches **20 units**.
* The reorder quantity is calculated as **60 units minus the current inventory**.

### Do you have a lead time?

If you have a lead time for a product, you should consider lead times when setting minimum stock cover days. Our suggestion is to define minimum stock cover days as lead time + safety stock time. For example, if the total lead time is 14 days, you can add 6 days of safety stock time for that product, and you can set the minimum stock cover days to 20 days.

### How often do you want to place orders?

When setting the maximum stock cover days, you can consider how often you want to place orders. For example, if you want to place orders once a month, you can calculate the maximum stock cover days by adding 30 days to the minimum stock cover days. Continuing from the example above, if the minimum stock cover days are 20, and you want to order monthly, you can set the maximum stock cover days to 20 + 30 = 50 days.

### How can I use day based threshold?

To use this feature, you first need to create an alert. You can create an alert by clicking the "Create alert" button on the [List Alerts](https://merchbees.com/alerts) page.

* **First Tab: Filter and Input Thresholds**

In this tab, firstly, you can specify the products for which you want to receive notifications. If you want to work with specific groups of products, you can choose them by clicking the "Add Filter" button. 

If you want to work with all products, you can proceed without making any selections.

Secondly, you should choose "Day" option as "Threshold Type" and enter the values for Minimum Threshold (Minimum Stock Cover Days) and Maximum Level (Maximum Stock Cover Days). If you don't want to receive order suggestions, setting only the minimum threshold value is sufficient.

Based on the minimum and maximum stock cover days you enter, you can see how many units of stock are calculated for each product in the table in this tab.

* **Second Tab: Frequency**

In this tab, you can make choices about how often you want to receive notifications.

* **Third Tab: Notification** 

In this tab, you can select notification channels, recipients, and customize the notification content.\
Finally, after making these selections, you can create the alert by clicking the “Submit” button.

### How can I see the reorder quantities? 

After creating the alert, you can view low stock items that match your alert criteria and the suggested reorder quantities for them by clicking the Bell🔔 icon on the [List Alerts](https://merchbees.com/alerts) page.

Additionally, if you wish to test the type of notification you will receive, you can trigger the email/slack notification by clicking the Run Now▶️ icon under the alert name on the same page.

Additionally, you can find other reports under the Reports tab in the left sidebar that are designed to support your analysis and day-to-day operations. For further details, please refer to [Reports page.](/merchbees-low-stock-alert/homepage/forecast-and-reporting-module/reports.md)

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