Jangro Microfibre Cloth Yellow 40x40cm
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What the engine saysPlain English first, the arithmetic underneath
MSC West — Feltham holds 42 free, which is 4 days of cover against a forecast of 9.3 a day. Harrison Wipes needs 6 days and class B carries 10 days of safety stock, so the target position is 150 units. MSC East — Brentwood can release 20, so move 20 first and buy the remaining 90 from Harrison Wipes.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 31/08/2026, which is 4 days. Harrison Wipes needs 6 days to deliver. That is about £81 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Runs out31/08/2026Supplier needs6 daysUses a month280Sales at risk£81On the queue13 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 12 per cent of the mean, which is what sets the confidence on this line.
Eight weeks aheadForecast inside its confidence band
Microfibre & Cloths runs at 95 per cent of an average month now and 108 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 | 45 on hand less 3 already allocated to orders | 42 |
| Open purchase orders inbound | Nothing on the water | 0 |
| Position the engine works from | Free stock plus what is already inbound | 42 |
| Forecast demand a day | Eight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excluded | 9.34 |
| Lead-time demand | 9.34 a day for 6 days from Harrison Wipes | 57 |
| Safety stock, class B | Class B carries 10 days of cover for the variability this line shows | 94 |
| Target position | Lead-time demand plus safety stock | 150 |
| Shortfall | Target position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queue | 108 |
| Rounded to the supplier multiple | Harrison Wipes ships in cases of 10 | 90 |
Free stock at the depot
Why45 on hand less 3 already allocated to ordersUnits42
Open purchase orders inbound
WhyNothing on the waterUnits0
Position the engine works from
WhyFree stock plus what is already inboundUnits42
Forecast demand a day
WhyEight weeks ahead, seasonally shaped, one-off months excludedUnits9.34
Lead-time demand
Why9.34 a day for 6 days from Harrison WipesUnits57
Safety stock, class B
WhyClass B carries 10 days of cover for the variability this line showsUnits94
Target position
WhyLead-time demand plus safety stockUnits150
Shortfall
WhyTarget position less the position now, which is why this line is on the queueUnits108
Rounded to the supplier multiple
WhyHarrison Wipes ships in cases of 10Units90
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
- Move20 units from MSC East — Brentwood
- ArrivesNext day, on the trunk run
- Cost£9.23 of handling, nothing bought
- Cash held back£16
- Carbon0.1 kg CO2e avoided
- Safe to release20 units, after MSC East — Brentwood keeps its own cover
Buy from Harrison WipesEngine leads with this
- Order90 units, 9 cases of 10
- ArrivesDay 6
- Cost£72.00 plus £39.00 carriage, under the £400 threshold
- Terms30 days, 2 per cent early · Supplier portal
- Supplier record76 per cent on time, 85 per cent in full
- Minimum order£150, 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-4376 for Harrison Wipes 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.