Propofol Injectable Emulsion, 1%, 20 mL Vial

Analgesia & AnesthesiaVital, 99% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days00641619410

Stock position

On hand
2,513 vial22.4 days of supply
On order
0 vialnothing open
Forecast rate
112.3 vial/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
480 viallead time plus review period
Safety stock
153 vialempirical 99th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
633 vialabove
Stockout
Wed Oct 7
Recommended order
noneby Mon Oct 5
Inventory value
$7,288at $2.90 per vial

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing10% weekly error, under-forecast77% 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 10% on average (22% day by day), and it under-forecast by 5% overall. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 45%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 21838762-769%
Tue Jul 28634762+12820%
Tue Aug 4742762+203%
Tue Aug 11921762-15917%
Tue Aug 18781762-192%
Tue Aug 25822762-607%
Tue Sep 1741762+213%
Tue Sep 8935762-17319%
All 8 weeks6,4146,096-3185%

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
0136271todayreport 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 153runs out Wed Oct 7tomorrowMon Oct 12
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
L00050817Sun Oct 10391$2.900 vial · $0
L000511,696Tue Feb 22526$2.900 vial · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per vialInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals00641619410PROPOFOL 10 MG/ML VIAL EAEA of 1$2.7433$23,542NDC exact
Cobalt Rx DistributorsCRX-06486PROPOF 10 SDV 25CTPK of 25$2.8514$9,835reviewed 0.90

3 of 33 invoices in the last 90 days were above the contract price. Those lines averaged $3.10 per EA vs $2.70 contracted: 15% more, $322 overpaid in 90 days, about $1,305 a year at that rate.