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Par level

A par level is the minimum quantity of an item you want to keep on hand. When stock drops to it, it is time to reorder — early enough that delivery arrives before you run out.

Also called: reorder point · minimum stock · low stock threshold

Set it from two things: how fast the item sells and how long the supplier takes. If you use ten kilos of chicken a day and your supplier delivers in two days, a par level of twenty is the bare minimum and thirty is safer.

Par levels are what stop the two expensive failure modes — running out of a bestseller mid-service, and tying up cash in a storeroom full of stock you will not use before it expires.

Review them seasonally. Ramadan, summer, and school terms move demand enough in Qatar that a level set in November will be wrong by May.

Outale lets you set a low-stock threshold per item and alerts you when stock falls below it, and products can carry a preferred supplier so reordering does not mean hunting for the contact.

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