Influenza Vaccine, 0.5 mL Prefilled Syringe

VaccinesEssential, 95% service targetPrimary vendor Harborline Pharmaceuticals, lead 1 day, ordered every 3 days63552072210

Stock position

On hand
181 syringe7.1 days of supply
On order
0 syringenothing open
Forecast rate
25.3 syringe/daynext 30 days
Demand over 4 days
89 syringelead time plus review period
Safety stock
56 syringeempirical 95th percentile of forecast error
Reorder point
146 syringeabove
Stockout
Wed Sep 23
Recommended order
noneby Sat Sep 19
Inventory value
$3,439at $19.00 per syringe

How the forecast was made

Exponential smoothing49% weekly error, under-forecast20% 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 49% on average (59% day by day), and it under-forecast by 40% overall. A same-weekday-last-week guess would have been off by 61%.

Report card, week by week

Week ofUsedForecastErrorError %
Tue Jul 211726+953%
Tue Jul 282731+415%
Tue Aug 44035-513%
Tue Aug 112737+1037%
Tue Aug 185340-1325%
Tue Aug 256741-2639%
Tue Sep 112042-7865%
Tue Sep 814043-9769%
All 8 weeks491296-19540%

Weekly totals in syringe. 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
02754todayreport card windowThu Mar 19Wed Oct 14
actual forecast, 80% and 95% range what the model said during the report card windowsyringe/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 56runs out Wed Sep 23tomorrowMon Sep 28
Projected on hand, syringe: 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
L00110181Thu Dec 24101$19.000 syringe · $0

Vendors and prices, last 90 days

VendorPart numberVendor descriptionSells byPaid per syringeInvoices90-day spendPairing
Harborline Pharmaceuticals63552072210INFLUENZA A VIRUS A/VICTORIA/4897/2022 IVR-238 (H1N1) ANTIGEN (FORMALDEHYDE INACTIVATED), INFLUENZA A VIRUS A/CROATIA/10136/RV/2023 (H3N2) ANTIGEN (FORMALDEHYDE INACTIVATED),/INFLUENZA B VIRUS B/MICHIGAN/01/2021 ANTIGEN (FORMALDEHYDE INACTIVATED) 60; 60; 60 UG/.5ML; UG/.5ML; UG/.5ML SYR 10/PKPK of 10$16.9621$7,293NDC exact
Cobalt Rx DistributorsCRX-88975INFLUE 60;60;60UG/.5ML;UG/.5ML;UG/.5ML PFS 10CTPK of 10$18.0811$3,615reviewed 0.90