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Inventory Policy
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-14
🔷 SkillSpec L3
pm-supplychain
Set inventory policy for an item class: segmentation, safety stock, and replenishment method. Use when asked to set safety stock levels, segment items by ABC/XYZ, choose reorder points vs min-max, define stocking policy, or review excess and obsolete inventory. Produces a segmentation grid, per-segment service targets and safety-stock logic, a replenishment method choice per segment, and an E&O review cadence.
What to give it
▸Item scope — the items or class under review; count, annual usage value, unit costs
▸Demand pattern — average demand, how lumpy/variable it is, seasonality, item lifecycle stage
▸Lead times — supplier replenishment lead time and its variability
▸Service expectations — target fill rate or customer commitments; consequence of a stockout
▸Constraints — MOQs, shelf life, storage limits, working-capital pressure
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Segmentation uses both value (ABC) and variability (XYZ) — never ABC alone
✓Service targets differ by segment and the stock cost of high targets is acknowledged
✓AZ cell is handled as named decisions, not a formula output
✓Replenishment method matches demand pattern and review practicality, with MOQ conflicts flagged
✓E&O review has thresholds, a calendar, and disposition paths — not "review periodically"
✓Every inferred parameter is labelled with the data needed to confirm it
⚠️ What it refuses to do
Do not set one service level for everything — 98% across the board is working capital burned on C-items
Do not apply z-score safety stock to lumpy Z-demand — the variability input is garbage and the output will be too
Do not size safety stock off the forecast alone — lead-time variability is half the buffer's job
Do not treat MOQ-driven stock as safety stock — it's a cost of the deal and should be challenged with the supplier
Do not let E&O wait for the annual count — aging inventory loses disposition options every month it sits
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpRelated skills
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