Calcium Gluconate Injection, 1 g/10 mL Vial
Critical CareEssential, 95% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days00143918025
Stock position
- On hand
- 329 vial14.5 days of supply
- On order
- 0 vialnothing open
- Forecast rate
- 22.8 vial/daynext 30 days
- Demand over 4 days
- 98 viallead time plus review period
- Safety stock
- 31 vialempirical 95th percentile of forecast error
- Reorder point
- 129 vialabove
- Stockout
- Tue Sep 29
- Recommended order
- noneby Sun Sep 27
- Inventory value
- $954at $2.90 per vial
How the forecast was made
Exponential smoothing12% weekly error, under-forecast45% 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 10% overall. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 23%.
actual forecast, 80% and 95% range what the model said during the report card windowvial/day
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.
| Lot | Quantity | Expires | Days | Unit cost | Projected waste |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L00078 | 329 | Sun Mar 5 | 538 | $2.90 | 0 vial · $0 |
Vendors and prices, last 90 days
| Vendor | Part number | Vendor description | Sells by | Paid per vial | Invoices | 90-day spend | Pairing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harborline Pharmaceuticals | 00143918025 | CALCIUM GLUCONATE 98 MG/ML VIAL EA | EA of 1 | $2.63 | 33 | $4,129 | stand-in |
| Cobalt Rx Distributors | CRX-91474 | CALCIU 98 SDV 1CT | EA of 1 | $2.77 | 14 | $1,986 | stand-in |
Cobalt Rx Distributors charges $2.7703 per vial for this item; Harborline Pharmaceuticals charges $2.6298. That is 5% more on about 2,908 vial a year, or $409 a year.