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.Showing 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 West — Feltham holds 30 free with 44 already inbound, which is 13 days of cover against a forecast of 5.6 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 117 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 48 from Evans Vanodine.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 01/09/2026, which is 5 days. Evans Vanodine needs 14 days to deliver. That is about £6,130 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 14 free, which is 6 days of cover against a forecast of 2.4 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 52 units. MSC East — Brentwood can release 15, so move 15 first and buy the remaining 30 from Evans Vanodine.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 02/09/2026, which is 6 days. Evans Vanodine needs 14 days to deliver. That is about £645 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC East — Brentwood can release 15 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 15 arrives next day on the trunk run for £30.26 of handling, holds back £155 of spend and avoids 9 kg CO2e.
MSC West — Feltham holds 0 free, which is under a day of cover against a forecast of 10.8 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 228 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 230 from Evans Vanodine.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham is already out, so every order for this line goes short until something arrives. That is about 152 units of demand across the lead time. That is about £614 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 0 free, which is under a day of cover against a forecast of 4.9 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 102 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 110 from Evans Vanodine.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham is already out, so every order for this line goes short until something arrives. That is about 68 units of demand across the lead time. That is about £558 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 18 free with 1 already inbound, which is 2 days of cover against a forecast of 11.1 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 233 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 220 from Evans Vanodine.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 29/08/2026, which is 2 days. Evans Vanodine needs 14 days to deliver. That is about £422 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 134 free, which is 11 days of cover against a forecast of 11.8 a day. PAL 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 248 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 114 from PAL.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 07/09/2026, which is 11 days. PAL needs 14 days to deliver. That is about £835 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 108 free, which is 13 days of cover against a forecast of 8.4 a day. PAL 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 176 units. MSC East — Brentwood can release 105 without going short, so move 68 on tomorrow's trunk run and buy nothing.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 09/09/2026, which is 13 days. PAL needs 14 days to deliver. That is about £725 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC East — Brentwood can release 105 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 68 arrives next day on the trunk run for £17.84 of handling, holds back £257 of spend and avoids 3.7 kg CO2e.
MSC West — Feltham holds 168 free, which is 15 days of cover against a forecast of 11.1 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 233 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 70 from Evans Vanodine.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 11/09/2026, which is 15 days. Evans Vanodine needs 14 days to deliver. That is about £601 of sales at risk on this line alone.
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.