Enoxaparin Sodium Injection, 40 mg/0.4 mL Prefilled Syringe

Critical CareVital, 99% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days63323053587

Stock position

On hand
3,168 syringe23.4 days of supply
On order
0 syringenothing open
Forecast rate
135.3 syringe/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
589 syringelead time plus review period
Safety stock
164 syringeempirical 99th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
754 syringeabove
Stockout
Thu Oct 8
Recommended order
noneby Tue Oct 6
Inventory value
$10,138at $3.20 per syringe

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing9% weekly error, unbiased25% 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 9% on average (22% day by day), and it showed no systematic bias. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 11%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 211,048938-11010%
Tue Jul 281,030938-929%
Tue Aug 4761938+17723%
Tue Aug 11979938-414%
Tue Aug 18982938-444%
Tue Aug 25933938+51%
Tue Sep 1897938+415%
Tue Sep 81,085938-14714%
All 8 weeks7,7157,506-2093%

Weekly totals in syringe. 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
0155310todayreport card windowThu Mar 19Wed Oct 14
actual forecast, 80% and 95% range what the model said during the report card windowsyringe/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 164runs out Thu Oct 8tomorrowTue Oct 13
Projected on hand, syringe: 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
L000721,945Fri Jan 8116$3.200 syringe · $0
L000731,223Mon Nov 8420$3.200 syringe · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per syringeInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals63323053587ENOXAPARIN NA 40 MG/.4ML SYR EAEA of 1$3.0330$28,323NDC exact
Cobalt Rx DistributorsCRX-53823ENOXAP 40MG/.4ML PFS 1CTEA of 1$2.8213$11,644reviewed 0.90

30 of 30 invoices in the last 90 days were above the contract price. Those lines averaged $3.03 per EA vs $2.78 contracted: 9% more, $2,358 overpaid in 90 days, about $9,561 a year at that rate.