What this site is for
Practical calculators and guides for reorder points, safety stock, days of supply, inventory turnover, carrying cost, order quantities and cycle-count workload.
The goal is to make planning arithmetic and project structure easier to inspect. Inputs and formulas are shown so readers can adapt a tool to their own circumstances.
Publishing
Inventory Planning Explained is a division of WRS Web Solutions Inc., an Ontario, Canada company. The site is informational and advertising-supported.
Important boundary
These tools are general inventory-planning aids, not accounting, tax, regulated-product, hazardous-material, food, pharmaceutical or safety-stock policy advice. Requirements for controlled, perishable or safety-critical inventory can be materially different; use applicable regulations, contracts, manufacturer requirements and qualified professional guidance.
Author
Primary editorial by Daniel R. Whitcombe, a publishing pen name.