Portwest White Coverall PP 40g Large
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What the engine saysPlain English first, the arithmetic underneath
MSC East — Brentwood holds 64 free, which is 10 days of cover against a forecast of 6.2 a day. Portwest Clothing needs 18 days and class B carries 10 days of safety stock, so the target position is 173 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 110 from Portwest Clothing.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 06/09/2026, which is 10 days. Portwest Clothing needs 18 days to deliver. That is about £207 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Runs out06/09/2026Supplier needs18 daysUses a month185Sales at risk£207On the queue9 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 19 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 | 81 on hand less 17 already allocated to orders | 64 |
| Open purchase orders inbound | Nothing on the water | 0 |
| Position the engine works from | Free stock plus what is already inbound | 64 |
| Forecast demand a day | Eight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excluded | 6.16 |
| Lead-time demand | 6.16 a day for 18 days from Portwest Clothing | 111 |
| Safety stock, class B | Class B carries 10 days of cover for the variability this line shows | 62 |
| Target position | Lead-time demand plus safety stock | 173 |
| Shortfall | Target position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queue | 109 |
| Rounded to the supplier multiple | Portwest Clothing ships in cases of 10 | 110 |
Free stock at the depot
Why81 on hand less 17 already allocated to ordersUnits64
Open purchase orders inbound
WhyNothing on the waterUnits0
Position the engine works from
WhyFree stock plus what is already inboundUnits64
Forecast demand a day
WhyEight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excludedUnits6.16
Lead-time demand
Why6.16 a day for 18 days from Portwest ClothingUnits111
Safety stock, class B
WhyClass B carries 10 days of cover for the variability this line showsUnits62
Target position
WhyLead-time demand plus safety stockUnits173
Shortfall
WhyTarget position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queueUnits109
Rounded to the supplier multiple
WhyPortwest Clothing ships in cases of 10Units110
Confidence is 70 per cent because demand varies by 19 per cent month to month.
Buy or transferTransfers are weighed before purchases, every time
Transfer from the other depot
MSC West — Feltham holds 0 free and needs all of it for its own cover, so there is nothing to move.
Buy from Portwest ClothingEngine leads with this
- Order110 units, 11 cases of 10
- ArrivesDay 18
- Cost£117.70, carriage paid
- Terms30 days, 2 per cent early · Supplier API
- Supplier record74 per cent on time, 79 per cent in full
- Minimum order£350, so this line is combined onto the supplier's order rather than shipped alone
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-4206 for Portwest Clothing 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.