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 West — Feltham holds 0 free with 22 already inbound, which is 10 days of cover against a forecast of 2.2 a day. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days and class B carries 10 days of safety stock, so the target position is 29 units. MSC East — Brentwood can release 57 without going short, so move 7 on tomorrow's trunk run and buy nothing.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham is already out, so every order for this line goes short until something arrives. That is about 6 units of demand across the lead time. That is about £34 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC East — Brentwood can release 57 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 7 arrives next day on the trunk run for £10.52 of handling, holds back £22 of spend and avoids 0.6 kg CO2e.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 0 free, which is under a day of cover against a forecast of 0.8 a day. Bio Hygiene needs 3 days and class C carries 14 days of safety stock, so the target position is 15 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 20 from Bio Hygiene.
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 £10 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 2 free with 2 already inbound, which is 12 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 6 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 2 from Tennant UK Cleaning Solutions.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 02/09/2026, which is 6 days. Tennant UK Cleaning Solutions needs 10 days to deliver. That is about £21,205 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 4 free with 1 already inbound, which is 12 days of cover against a forecast of 0.4 a day. Tennant UK Cleaning Solutions needs 10 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 7 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 2 from Tennant UK Cleaning Solutions.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 06/09/2026, which is 10 days. Tennant UK Cleaning Solutions needs 10 days to deliver. That is about £14,531 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 2 free, which is 7 days of cover against a forecast of 0.3 a day. Numatic needs 8 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 5 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 3 from Numatic.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 03/09/2026, which is 7 days. Numatic needs 8 days to deliver. That is about £6,617 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC West — Feltham holds 124 free, which is 12 days of cover against a forecast of 10.3 a day. Cromwell Polythene needs 17 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 248 units. MSC East — Brentwood can release 147 without going short, so move 124 on tomorrow's trunk run and buy nothing.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 08/09/2026, which is 12 days. Cromwell Polythene needs 17 days to deliver. That is about £4,116 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC East — Brentwood can release 147 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 124 arrives next day on the trunk run for £187.93 of handling, holds back £1,716 of spend and avoids 75.7 kg CO2e.
MSC West — Feltham holds 70 free, which is 10 days of cover against a forecast of 7.2 a day. Robert Scott needs 10 days and class A carries 7 days of safety stock, so the target position is 123 units. Neither depot has spare cover, so buy 60 from Robert Scott.
Do nothing and MSC West — Feltham runs out on 06/09/2026, which is 10 days. Robert Scott needs 10 days to deliver. That is about £3,844 of sales at risk on this line alone.
MSC East — Brentwood holds 2 free, which is 5 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. MSC West — Feltham can release 1, so move 1 first and buy the remaining 4 from Numatic.
Do nothing and MSC East — Brentwood runs out on 01/09/2026, which is 5 days. Numatic needs 8 days to deliver. That is about £3,144 of sales at risk on this line alone.
Transfer first: MSC West — Feltham can release 1 without dropping below its own cover. Moving 1 arrives next day on the trunk run for £12.55 of handling, holds back £715 of spend and avoids 1.5 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.