Window Cleaners Bucket 24L Blue
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 West — Feltham holds 30 free, which is 3 days of cover against a forecast of 9.8 a day. Robert Scott needs 10 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 166 units. MSC East — Brentwood can release 86, so move 86 first and buy the remaining 50 from Robert Scott.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 30/08/2026, which is 3 days. Robert Scott needs 10 days to deliver. That is about £1,638 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Runs out30/08/2026Supplier needs10 daysUses a month293Sales at risk£1,638On the queue15 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
No one-off month found in the last year. Variability is 5 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 | 31 on hand less 1 already allocated to orders | 30 |
| Open purchase orders inbound | Nothing on the water | 0 |
| Position the engine works from | Free stock plus what is already inbound | 30 |
| Forecast demand a day | Eight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excluded | 9.75 |
| Lead-time demand | 9.75 a day for 10 days from Robert Scott | 98 |
| Safety stock, class A | Class A carries 7 days of cover for the variability this line shows | 69 |
| Target position | Lead-time demand plus safety stock | 166 |
| Shortfall | Target position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queue | 136 |
| Rounded to the supplier multiple | Robert Scott ships in cases of 10 | 50 |
Free stock at the depot
Why31 on hand less 1 already allocated to ordersUnits30
Open purchase orders inbound
WhyNothing on the waterUnits0
Position the engine works from
WhyFree stock plus what is already inboundUnits30
Forecast demand a day
WhyEight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excludedUnits9.75
Lead-time demand
Why9.75 a day for 10 days from Robert ScottUnits98
Safety stock, class A
WhyClass A carries 7 days of cover for the variability this line showsUnits69
Target position
WhyLead-time demand plus safety stockUnits166
Shortfall
WhyTarget position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queueUnits136
Rounded to the supplier multiple
WhyRobert Scott ships in cases of 10Units50
Confidence is 90 per cent because demand varies by 5 per cent month to month.
Buy or transferTransfers are weighed before purchases, every time
Transfer from the other depot
- Move86 units from MSC East — Brentwood
- ArrivesNext day, on the trunk run
- Cost£36.84 of handling, nothing bought
- Cash held back£939
- Carbon11.8 kg CO2e avoided
- Safe to release86 units, after MSC East — Brentwood keeps its own cover
Buy from Robert ScottEngine leads with this
- Order50 units, 5 cases of 10
- ArrivesDay 10
- Cost£546.00, 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-4255 for Robert Scott 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.