Blood Collection Tube, Lavender (K2 EDTA), 4 mL

Lab & SpecimenEssential, 95% service targetPrimary vendor Meridian Medical Supply, lead 1.5 days, ordered every 7 daysMMS-919594

Stock position

On hand
5,903 each11.6 days of supply
On order
0 eachnothing open
Forecast rate
510.8 each/daynext 30 days
Demand over 9 days
4,683 eachlead time plus review period
Safety stock
1,605 eachempirical 95th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
6,287 eachbelow: order now
Stockout
Sat Sep 26
Recommended order
4 BXby Mon Sep 21
Inventory value
$1,063at $0.18 per each

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing14% weekly error, under-forecast0% better than naive

A weighted recent average that learns the weekday pattern and any trend. Recent days count more than old ones.

Report card: the model was fit on history up to Tue Jul 21 and scored on the 56 days after. Weekly totals were off by 14% on average (26% day by day), and it under-forecast by 5% overall. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 14%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 214,2543,501-75318%
Tue Jul 284,7743,501-1,27327%
Tue Aug 42,9433,501+55819%
Tue Aug 113,9283,501-42711%
Tue Aug 183,8283,501-3279%
Tue Aug 253,0803,501+42114%
Tue Sep 13,4743,501+271%
Tue Sep 83,1983,501+3039%
All 8 weeks29,47928,006-1,4735%

Weekly totals in each. Error is forecast minus what was used, so a positive number means the model ran high. This window was hidden from the model when it was fit.

Demand forecast

last 180 days and the next 30
05911,183todayreport card windowThu Mar 19Wed Oct 14
actual forecast, 80% and 95% range what the model said during the report card windoweach/day

The model only knows the usage history. If you know something it does not, a coming surge, a new service line, a product being dropped, adjust the forecast and the stock math follows.

Projected on hand

0safety stock 1,605runs out Sat Sep 26tomorrowThu Oct 1
Projected on hand, each: today's stock plus open orders on their expected dates, minus the forecast, day by day.

Lots and expiry

Earliest-expiry-first simulation against the forecast. Waste is what remains in a lot on its expiry date.

LotQuantityExpiresDaysUnit costProjected waste
L000032,658Wed Oct 6387$0.180 each · $0
L000043,245Sat Jan 29502$0.180 each · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per eachInvoices90-day spendPairing
Meridian Medical SupplyMMS-919594BLD COLL TUBE LAV (K2 EDTA) 4 ML BX/100BX of 100$0.1613$5,490AI 0.90
Northwind Health DistributionNW2174164Blood Collection Tube, Lavender (K2 EDTA), 4 mL - 100/BxBX of 100$0.1614$2,508AI 1.00