Nitroglycerin Injection, 50 mg/10 mL Vial

Critical CareEssential, 95% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days00404992810

Stock position

On hand
172 vial21.9 days of supply
On order
0 vialnothing open
Forecast rate
7.8 vial/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
35 viallead time plus review period
Safety stock
13 vialempirical 95th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
48 vialabove
Stockout
Tue Oct 6
Recommended order
noneby Sun Oct 4
Inventory value
$705at $4.10 per vial

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing15% weekly error, unbiased9% 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 15% on average (37% day by day), and it showed no systematic bias. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 16%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 214455+1125%
Tue Jul 286255-711%
Tue Aug 46155-610%
Tue Aug 114155+1434%
Tue Aug 187255-1724%
Tue Aug 255355+24%
Tue Sep 15055+510%
Tue Sep 85855-35%
All 8 weeks441440-10%

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
01123todayreport 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 13runs 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
L00083172Fri Sep 17368$4.100 vial · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per vialInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals00404992810NITROGLYCERIN 5 MG/ML VIAL EAEA of 1$3.7032$2,067NDC exact
Cobalt Rx DistributorsCRX-52955NITROG 5 SDV 1CTEA of 1$3.8414$945reviewed 0.90