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.Showing 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 64 free, which is 6 days of cover against a forecast of 10.6 a day. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 106 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 50 from Bio Hygiene.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 02/09/2026, which is 6 days. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days to deliver. That is about £232 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 56 free, which is 12 days of cover against a forecast of 4.8 a day. Scot Young Research needs 7 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 68 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 20 from Scot Young Research.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 07/09/2026, which is 12 days. Scot Young Research needs 7 days to deliver. That is about £213 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 64 free, which is 11 days of cover against a forecast of 5.8 a day. Scot Young Research needs 7 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 81 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 20 from Scot Young Research.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 07/09/2026, which is 11 days. Scot Young Research needs 7 days to deliver. That is about £195 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 68 free, which is 6 days of cover against a forecast of 11.0 a day. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 110 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 50 from Bio Hygiene.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 02/09/2026, which is 6 days. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days to deliver. That is about £126 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 28 free, which is 5 days of cover against a forecast of 5.5 a day. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 55 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 30 from Bio Hygiene.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 01/09/2026, which is 5 days. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days to deliver. That is about £121 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 42 free, which is 12 days of cover against a forecast of 3.5 a day. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days and class B carries 10 days of safety stock, so the target position is 46 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 10 from Bio Hygiene.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 08/09/2026, which is 12 days. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days to deliver. That is about £47 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.