Speedy Flat Mop Bucket & Wringer Red
LiveCriticalToday: NETSTOCK, hand-keyed into BC
Replaces: a NETSTOCK spreadsheet row with no working shown
What the engine saysPlain English first, the arithmetic underneath
MSC East — Brentwood holds 2 free with 29 already inbound, which is 7 days of cover against a forecast of 4.7 a day. Robert Scott needs 10 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 80 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 50 from Robert Scott.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 27/08/2026, which is 0 days. Robert Scott needs 10 days to deliver. That is about £2,489 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Runs out27/08/2026Supplier needs10 daysUses a month140Sales at risk£2,489On the queue14 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 12 per cent of the mean, which is what sets the confidence on this line.
Eight weeks aheadForecast inside its confidence band
Buckets & Wringers runs at 96 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 | 22 on hand less 20 already allocated to orders | 2 |
| Open purchase orders inbound | Counted once, never double counted with the depot holding | 29 |
| Position the engine works from | Free stock plus what is already inbound | 31 |
| Forecast demand a day | Eight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excluded | 4.66 |
| Lead-time demand | 4.66 a day for 10 days from Robert Scott | 47 |
| Safety stock, class A | Class A carries 7 days of cover for the variability this line shows | 33 |
| Target position | Lead-time demand plus safety stock | 80 |
| Shortfall | Target position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queue | 49 |
| Rounded to the supplier multiple | Robert Scott ships in cases of 10 | 50 |
Free stock at the depot
Why22 on hand less 20 already allocated to ordersUnits2
Open purchase orders inbound
WhyCounted once, never double counted with the depot holdingUnits29
Position the engine works from
WhyFree stock plus what is already inboundUnits31
Forecast demand a day
WhyEight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excludedUnits4.66
Lead-time demand
Why4.66 a day for 10 days from Robert ScottUnits47
Safety stock, class A
WhyClass A carries 7 days of cover for the variability this line showsUnits33
Target position
WhyLead-time demand plus safety stockUnits80
Shortfall
WhyTarget position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queueUnits49
Rounded to the supplier multiple
WhyRobert Scott ships in cases of 10Units50
Confidence is 80 per cent because demand varies by 12 per cent month to month.
Buy or transferTransfers are weighed before purchases, every time
Transfer from the other depot
MSC West — Feltham holds 70 free and needs all of it for its own cover, so there is nothing to move.
Buy from Robert ScottEngine leads with this
- Order50 units, 5 cases of 10
- ArrivesDay 10
- Cost£1,709.00, carriage paid
- Terms60 days net · EDI
- Supplier record97 per cent on time, 82 per cent in full
- Minimum order£250, met
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-4285 for Robert Scott 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.