Portwest Combat Trouser Black
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What the engine saysPlain English first, the arithmetic underneath
MSC West — Feltham holds 26 free, which is 8 days of cover against a forecast of 3.2 a day. MSC Shop needs 6 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 42 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 20 from MSC Shop.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 04/09/2026, which is 8 days. MSC Shop needs 6 days to deliver. That is about £192 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Runs out04/09/2026Supplier needs6 daysUses a month96Sales at risk£192On the queue1 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 West — Feltham
One-off month Apr 26 ran 160 per cent above the run rate, one month only. Read as a site mobilisation, excluded from the forecast.
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 | 33 on hand less 7 already allocated to orders | 26 |
| Open purchase orders inbound | Nothing on the water | 0 |
| Position the engine works from | Free stock plus what is already inbound | 26 |
| Forecast demand a day | Eight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excluded | 3.20 |
| Lead-time demand | 3.20 a day for 6 days from MSC Shop | 20 |
| Safety stock, class A | Class A carries 7 days of cover for the variability this line shows | 23 |
| Target position | Lead-time demand plus safety stock | 42 |
| Shortfall | Target position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queue | 16 |
| Rounded to the supplier multiple | MSC Shop ships in cases of 10 | 20 |
Free stock at the depot
Why33 on hand less 7 already allocated to ordersUnits26
Open purchase orders inbound
WhyNothing on the waterUnits0
Position the engine works from
WhyFree stock plus what is already inboundUnits26
Forecast demand a day
WhyEight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excludedUnits3.20
Lead-time demand
Why3.20 a day for 6 days from MSC ShopUnits20
Safety stock, class A
WhyClass A carries 7 days of cover for the variability this line showsUnits23
Target position
WhyLead-time demand plus safety stockUnits42
Shortfall
WhyTarget position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queueUnits16
Rounded to the supplier multiple
WhyMSC Shop ships in cases of 10Units20
Confidence is 31 per cent because demand varies by 41 per cent month to month and a one-off month sits in the history. Below forty five per cent the engine asks for a manual review rather than a decision.
Buy or transferTransfers are weighed before purchases, every time
Transfer from the other depot
MSC East — Brentwood holds 112 free and needs all of it for its own cover, so there is nothing to move.
Buy from MSC ShopEngine leads with this
- Order20 units, 2 cases of 10
- ArrivesDay 6
- Cost£126.00 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-4159 for MSC Shop at MSC West — Feltham, 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.