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.Showing 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 26 free, which is 6 days of cover against a forecast of 4.7 a day. Harrison Wipes needs 6 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 62 units. MSC West — Feltham can release 65 without going short, so move 36 on tomorrow's trunk run and buy nothing.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 01/09/2026, which is 6 days. Harrison Wipes needs 6 days to deliver. That is about £230 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC West — Feltham can release 65 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 36 arrives next day on the trunk run for £12.74 of handling, holds back £182 of spend and avoids 1.6 kg CO2e.
MSC West — Feltham holds 76 free, which is 17 days of cover against a forecast of 4.4 a day. Selden Research needs 21 days and class B carries 10 days of safety stock, so the target position is 138 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 70 from Selden Research.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 13/09/2026, which is 17 days. Selden Research needs 21 days to deliver. That is about £209 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 64 free, which is 10 days of cover against a forecast of 6.2 a day. Portwest Clothing needs 18 days and class B carries 10 days of safety stock, so the target position is 173 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 110 from Portwest Clothing.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 06/09/2026, which is 10 days. Portwest Clothing needs 18 days to deliver. That is about £207 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 40 free with 8 already inbound, which is 17 days of cover against a forecast of 2.8 a day. Selden Research needs 21 days and class B carries 10 days of safety stock, so the target position is 89 units. MSC West — Feltham can release 77 without going short, so move 41 on tomorrow's trunk run and buy nothing.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 10/09/2026, which is 14 days. Selden Research needs 21 days to deliver. That is about £199 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC West — Feltham can release 77 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 41 arrives next day on the trunk run for £65.55 of handling, holds back £78 of spend and avoids 23.9 kg CO2e.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 44 free, which is 13 days of cover against a forecast of 3.4 a day. Selden Research needs 21 days and class B carries 10 days of safety stock, so the target position is 106 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 70 from Selden Research.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 09/09/2026, which is 13 days. Selden Research needs 21 days to deliver. That is about £160 of sales at risk on this line alone.
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.
Transfer first: MSC East — Brentwood can release 20 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 20 arrives next day on the trunk run for £9.23 of handling, holds back £16 of spend and avoids 0.1 kg CO2e.
MSC West — Feltham holds 4 free, which is 14 days of cover against a forecast of 0.3 a day. Tennant UK Cleaning Solutions needs 10 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 5 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 1 from Tennant UK Cleaning Solutions.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 10/09/2026, which is 14 days. Tennant UK Cleaning Solutions needs 10 days to deliver. That is about £22,843 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 184 free, which is 19 days of cover against a forecast of 9.6 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 202 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 18 from Evans Vanodine.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 15/09/2026, which is 19 days. Evans Vanodine needs 14 days to deliver. That is about £10,584 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.