Purchasing
Live144 to decide0 of 144 decided, 144 to go. 66 of those run out before their supplier could deliver, so they are at the top. £156,207 of buying is proposed and 54 lines can be covered by moving stock the group already owns.
- 8383 lines have been waiting a week or moreThe oldest has sat here 15 days. Nothing on a queue announces itself, so the platform counts the days and puts them in front of you.Show these
- 1515 lines have no lead time on their supplier recordFourteen days is assumed on those lines and the confidence is marked down to say so. The assumption is on the line, never hidden inside the figure.Show these
- 2222 lines sit under their supplier minimum on their ownEach one is combined onto that supplier's draft order rather than shipped alone, so the minimum is met and carriage is not paid twice.Show these
- 2222 lines carry a one-off monthA mobilisation or a contract pause is excluded from the forecast rather than left to inflate the next order. The exclusion is stated on the line so a buyer can disagree with it.Show these
MSC East — Brentwood holds 18 free, which is 2 days of cover against a forecast of 10.3 a day. Selden Research needs 21 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 288 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 270 from Selden Research.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 29/08/2026, which is 2 days. Selden Research needs 21 days to deliver. That is about £1,214 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 74 free, which is 9 days of cover against a forecast of 8.0 a day. Selden Research needs 21 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 224 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 150 from Selden Research.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 05/09/2026, which is 9 days. Selden Research needs 21 days to deliver. That is about £1,006 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 0 free with 19 already inbound, which is 4 days of cover against a forecast of 5.4 a day. CLOVER CHEMICALS needs 14 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 114 units. MSC West — Feltham can release 66, so move 66 first and buy the remaining 30 from CLOVER CHEMICALS.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood is already out, so every order for this line goes short until something arrives. That is about 76 units of demand across the lead time. That is about £931 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC West — Feltham can release 66 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 66 arrives next day on the trunk run for £100.29 of handling, holds back £504 of spend and avoids 38.6 kg CO2e.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 0 free with 1 already inbound, which is 2 days of cover against a forecast of 0.4 a day. Numatic needs 8 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 7 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 6 from Numatic.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood is already out, so every order for this line goes short until something arrives. That is about 3 units of demand across the lead time. That is about £723 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 0 free with 1 already inbound, which is 7 days of cover against a forecast of 0.1 a day. Numatic needs 8 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 3 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 2 from Numatic.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood is already out, so every order for this line goes short until something arrives. That is about 1 units of demand across the lead time. That is about £691 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 10 free, which is 1 days of cover against a forecast of 9.9 a day. Evans Vanodine needs 14 days on the assumed lead time, none is on record and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 208 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 200 from Evans Vanodine.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 28/08/2026, which is 1 days. Evans Vanodine needs 14 days to deliver. That is about £561 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 4 free, which is under a day of cover against a forecast of 6.5 a day. Evans Vanodine needs 14 days on the assumed lead time, none is on record and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 138 units. MSC West — Feltham can release 153 without going short, so move 134 on tomorrow's trunk run and buy nothing.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 27/08/2026, which is 1 days. Evans Vanodine needs 14 days to deliver. That is about £561 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC West — Feltham can release 153 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 134 arrives next day on the trunk run for £26.42 of handling, holds back £517 of spend and avoids 7.4 kg CO2e.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 10 free, which is 1 days of cover against a forecast of 7.5 a day. Selden Research needs 21 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 210 units. MSC West — Feltham can release 48, so move 48 first and buy the remaining 160 from Selden Research.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 28/08/2026, which is 1 days. Selden Research needs 21 days to deliver. That is about £422 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC West — Feltham can release 48 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 48 arrives next day on the trunk run for £14.49 of handling, holds back £81 of spend and avoids 2.3 kg CO2e.
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. An asterisk on a lead time means the supplier record carries none and fourteen days was assumed, the same gap the audit found on about 19,900 SKUs. Signed in as Duncan Cusack.