Portwest Combat Trouser Black
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What the engine saysPlain English first, the arithmetic underneath
MSC East — Brentwood holds 112 free, which is 11 days of cover against a forecast of 10.6 a day. MSC Shop needs 6 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 138 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 30 from MSC Shop.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 06/09/2026, which is 11 days. MSC Shop needs 6 days to deliver. That is about £634 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Runs out06/09/2026Supplier needs6 daysUses a month317Sales at risk£634On the queue11 daysConfidence
Every figure on this page is the one the order will carry. Accepting the line copies none of it by hand.
Cover against lead timeFree stock running down, day by day
The blue line is free stock falling at the forecast rate. The dashed marker is the earliest a supplier delivery could land. Where the line reaches zero first, the depot is short and no amount of ordering on the day it happens will fix it.
Twelve months of demandMSC East — Brentwood
No one-off month found in the last year. Variability is 11 per cent of the mean, which is what sets the confidence on this line.
Eight weeks aheadForecast inside its confidence band
PPE runs at 90 per cent of an average month now and 106 per cent next month, which the forecast already carries.
The calculationEvery figure the engine used, in the order it used it
| Step | Why | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Free stock at the depot | 115 on hand less 3 already allocated to orders | 112 |
| Open purchase orders inbound | Nothing on the water | 0 |
| Position the engine works from | Free stock plus what is already inbound | 112 |
| Forecast demand a day | Eight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excluded | 10.57 |
| Lead-time demand | 10.57 a day for 6 days from MSC Shop | 64 |
| Safety stock, class A | Class A carries 7 days of cover for the variability this line shows | 74 |
| Target position | Lead-time demand plus safety stock | 138 |
| Shortfall | Target position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queue | 26 |
| Rounded to the supplier multiple | MSC Shop ships in cases of 10 | 30 |
Free stock at the depot
Why115 on hand less 3 already allocated to ordersUnits112
Open purchase orders inbound
WhyNothing on the waterUnits0
Position the engine works from
WhyFree stock plus what is already inboundUnits112
Forecast demand a day
WhyEight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excludedUnits10.57
Lead-time demand
Why10.57 a day for 6 days from MSC ShopUnits64
Safety stock, class A
WhyClass A carries 7 days of cover for the variability this line showsUnits74
Target position
WhyLead-time demand plus safety stockUnits138
Shortfall
WhyTarget position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queueUnits26
Rounded to the supplier multiple
WhyMSC Shop ships in cases of 10Units30
Confidence is 81 per cent because demand varies by 11 per cent month to month.
Buy or transferTransfers are weighed before purchases, every time
Transfer from the other depot
MSC West — Feltham holds 26 free and needs all of it for its own cover, so there is nothing to move.
Buy from MSC ShopEngine leads with this
- Order30 units, 3 cases of 10
- ArrivesDay 6
- Cost£189.00 plus £22.00 carriage, under the £500 threshold
- Terms60 days net · EDI
- Supplier record93 per cent on time, 82 per cent in full
- Minimum orderNone
Fulfil elsewhere and substitute are the other two options in the client's scope. They are named here and not yet built, because a substitution rule needs their own product data to be honest.
Your decisionThe engine recommends, you decide and the reason is kept
Accepting puts these units on PO-4189 for MSC Shop at MSC East — Brentwood, carrying the figures above. Nothing reaches the supplier until a person sends it.
Products, suppliers, prices and case multiples are MSC's real range. Demand history, lead times and supplier terms are derived for the demo, deterministically, so the figures never move between screens.