Procurement & Supply Chain / Inventory Management
Reorder Point ROP (aliases: reorder level, min (of min/max), trigger point, order point)
The stock level that, when reached, triggers a replenishment order, set to cover demand over the replenishment lead time plus a buffer.
The fork, why two teams get different numbers
What the trigger measures, and which review model it assumes.
In the Metric Library
- The full fork, both definitions worked all the way through
- The trap that makes the number lie, on a real export
- Every formula variant, spelled out
- The reconciliation anchor, what to tie it to and when to refuse
Reference: APICS/SCOR · ISM