Sodium Chloride Injection, 0.9%, 100 mL Bag

IV FluidsVital, 99% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days00143928110

Stock position

On hand
5,024 bag13.7 days of supply
On order
687 bagfirst arrives Tue Sep 15
Forecast rate
366.1 bag/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
1,593 baglead time plus review period
Safety stock
340 bagempirical 99th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
1,934 bagabove
Stockout
Wed Sep 30
Recommended order
noneby Mon Sep 28
Inventory value
$6,029at $1.20 per bag

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing12% weekly error, unbiased40% 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 (22% day by day), and it showed no systematic bias. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 21%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 212,4312,535+1044%
Tue Jul 282,1842,535+35116%
Tue Aug 42,6652,535-1305%
Tue Aug 113,0662,535-53117%
Tue Aug 182,9432,535-40814%
Tue Aug 252,4942,535+412%
Tue Sep 11,7852,535+75042%
Tue Sep 82,7412,535-2068%
All 8 weeks20,30920,280-290%

Weekly totals in bag. 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
0366732todayreport card windowThu Mar 19Wed Oct 14
actual forecast, 80% and 95% range what the model said during the report card windowbag/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 340runs out Wed Sep 30tomorrowMon Oct 5
Projected on hand, bag: 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
L000952,545Sat Jul 3292$1.200 bag · $0
L000942,479Thu Sep 30381$1.200 bag · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per bagInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals00143928110LEVETIRACETAM IN NA CHLORIDE 5 MG/ML BAG EAEA of 1$1.1328$37,937NDC exact