Ceftriaxone for Injection, 1 g Vial

Anti-infectivesVital, 99% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days00143985725

Stock position

On hand
1,916 vial22.6 days of supply
On order
70 vialfirst arrives Tue Sep 15
Forecast rate
84.8 vial/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
368 viallead time plus review period
Safety stock
128 vialempirical 99th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
496 vialabove
Stockout
Thu Oct 8
Recommended order
noneby Mon Oct 5
Inventory value
$3,640at $1.90 per vial

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing11% weekly error, under-forecast19% 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 11% on average (26% day by day), and it under-forecast by 8% overall. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 13%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 21521586+6512%
Tue Jul 28757586-17123%
Tue Aug 4590586-41%
Tue Aug 11611586-254%
Tue Aug 18692586-10615%
Tue Aug 25726586-14019%
Tue Sep 1601586-152%
Tue Sep 8574586+122%
All 8 weeks5,0724,685-3878%

Weekly totals in vial. 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
0101202todayreport card windowThu Mar 19Wed Oct 14
actual forecast, 80% and 95% range what the model said during the report card windowvial/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 128runs out Thu Oct 8tomorrowTue Oct 13
Projected on hand, vial: 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
L00023648Sat Aug 7327$1.900 vial · $0
L000241,268Sun Jun 18643$1.900 vial · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per vialInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals00143985725CEFTRIAXONE 1 G/1 VIAL EAEA of 1$1.6734$11,155NDC exact
Cobalt Rx DistributorsCRX-28314CEFTRI 1G/1 SDV 10CTPK of 10$1.7514$4,769reviewed 0.90