Magnesium Sulfate in Water, 2 g/50 mL Bag

IV FluidsEssential, 95% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days63323010605

Stock position

On hand
384 bag9.9 days of supply
On order
0 bagnothing open
Forecast rate
38.6 bag/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
168 baglead time plus review period
Safety stock
40 bagempirical 95th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
208 bagabove
Stockout
Thu Sep 24
Recommended order
noneby Tue Sep 22
Inventory value
$1,190at $3.10 per bag

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing11% weekly error, unbiased0% 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 (29% 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 21233267+3415%
Tue Jul 28260267+73%
Tue Aug 4306267-3913%
Tue Aug 11246267+219%
Tue Aug 18204267+6331%
Tue Aug 25289267-228%
Tue Sep 1308267-4113%
Tue Sep 8278267-114%
All 8 weeks2,1242,133+90%

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
04590todayreport 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 40runs out Thu Sep 24tomorrowTue Sep 29
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
L00100183Sat Apr 10208$3.100 bag · $0
L00101201Sat May 15243$3.100 bag · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per bagInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals63323010605MAGNESIUM SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE 40 MG/ML BAG EAEA of 1$2.8831$7,618NDC exact
Cobalt Rx DistributorsCRX-72162MAGNES 40 BAG 24CTCS of 24$3.0713$3,387reviewed 0.90