Blood Collection Tube, Light Blue (Citrate), 2.7 mL

Lab & SpecimenEssential, 95% service targetPrimary vendor Meridian Medical Supply, lead 1.5 days, ordered every 7 daysMMS-636191

Stock position

On hand
5,859 each21.8 days of supply
On order
0 eachnothing open
Forecast rate
269.1 each/daynext 30 days
Demand over 9 days
2,449 eachlead time plus review period
Safety stock
648 eachempirical 95th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
3,097 eachabove
Stockout
Tue Oct 6
Recommended order
noneby Fri Oct 2
Inventory value
$1,172at $0.20 per each

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing12% weekly error, under-forecast5% 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 12% on average (26% day by day), and it under-forecast by 11% overall. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 13%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 212,0351,701-33416%
Tue Jul 281,9231,701-22212%
Tue Aug 41,9411,701-24012%
Tue Aug 111,9341,701-23312%
Tue Aug 182,0971,701-39619%
Tue Aug 251,8461,701-1458%
Tue Sep 11,6361,701+654%
Tue Sep 81,9221,701-22111%
All 8 weeks15,33413,607-1,72711%

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
0313626todayreport 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 648runs out Tue Oct 6tomorrowSun Oct 11
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
L000061,851Tue Dec 2299$0.200 each · $0
L000054,008Fri Oct 15396$0.200 each · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per eachInvoices90-day spendPairing
Meridian Medical SupplyMMS-636191BLD COLL TUBE LIGHT BLUE CIT 2.7 ML BX/100BX of 100$0.1814$3,504AI 0.91
Northwind Health DistributionNW0881327Blood Collection Tube, Light Blue (Citrate), 2.7 mL - 100/BxBX of 100$0.1913$1,408AI 1.00