Urinary Drainage Bag, 2000 mL, Anti-Reflux

Urology & DrainageNon-essential, 90% service targetPrimary vendor Meridian Medical Supply, lead 1.5 days, ordered every 7 daysMMS-621329

Stock position

On hand
268 each11.5 days of supply
On order
0 eachnothing open
Forecast rate
23.4 each/daynext 30 days
Demand over 9 days
215 eachlead time plus review period
Safety stock
36 eachempirical 90th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
252 eachabove
Stockout
Sat Sep 26
Recommended order
noneby Tue Sep 22
Inventory value
$697at $2.60 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 (24% day by day), and it under-forecast by 4% overall. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 14%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 21135161+2619%
Tue Jul 28145161+1611%
Tue Aug 4176161-159%
Tue Aug 11187161-2614%
Tue Aug 18140161+2115%
Tue Aug 25208161-4723%
Tue Sep 1154161+75%
Tue Sep 8195161-3417%
All 8 weeks1,3401,290-504%

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
03162todayreport 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 36runs 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.

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per eachInvoices90-day spendPairing
Meridian Medical SupplyMMS-621329URIN DRAIN BAG 2000 ML A/R CS/20CS of 20$2.2614$5,704AI 0.68