Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate Injection, 10 mg/mL Vial

EndocrineEssential, 95% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days00641036725

Stock position

On hand
1,660 vial22.5 days of supply
On order
89 vialfirst arrives Tue Sep 15
Forecast rate
73.8 vial/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
315 viallead time plus review period
Safety stock
85 vialempirical 95th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
400 vialabove
Stockout
Thu Oct 8
Recommended order
noneby Tue Oct 6
Inventory value
$2,158at $1.30 per vial

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing15% weekly error, over-forecast21% worse 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 (30% day by day), and it over-forecast by 9% overall. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 12%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 21644526-11818%
Tue Jul 28528526-20%
Tue Aug 4435526+9121%
Tue Aug 11370526+15642%
Tue Aug 18530526-41%
Tue Aug 25476526+5011%
Tue Sep 1473526+5311%
Tue Sep 8423526+10324%
All 8 weeks3,8794,210+3319%

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
078157todayreport 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 85runs out Thu Oct 8tomorrowTue Oct 13
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
L001051,660Thu May 20248$1.300 vial · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per vialInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals00641036725DEXAMETHASONE NA PHOSPHATE 10 MG/ML VIAL EAEA of 1$1.1632$7,676NDC exact
Summit Clinical ProductsSC-409852DEXAME 10 SDV 1CTEA of 1$1.197$793reviewed 0.90