Insulin Regular (Human), 100 units/mL, 10 mL Vial

EndocrineVital, 99% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days00002821501

Stock position

On hand
247 vial21 days of supply
On order
8 vialfirst arrives Tue Sep 15
Forecast rate
11.7 vial/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
51 viallead time plus review period
Safety stock
15 vialempirical 99th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
66 vialabove
Stockout
Tue Oct 6
Recommended order
noneby Sun Oct 4
Inventory value
$6,916at $28.00 per vial

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing11% weekly error, unbiased17% 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 (33% day by day), and it showed no systematic bias. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 13%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 219882-1616%
Tue Jul 286582+1726%
Tue Aug 48882-67%
Tue Aug 117982+34%
Tue Aug 187682+68%
Tue Aug 256882+1421%
Tue Sep 18382-11%
Tue Sep 88982-78%
All 8 weeks646652+61%

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
01427todayreport 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 15runs out Tue Oct 6tomorrowSun Oct 11
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
L0008591Thu Aug 26346$28.000 vial · $0
L00086156Wed Jun 21646$28.000 vial · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per vialInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals00002821501INSULIN HUMAN 100 [IU]/ML VIAL EAEA of 1$24.9235$22,978NDC exact