Beverage Brewing, Distilling & Fermentation worked example

Distribution Freshness Days with daily distributor demand of 780 cases, kegs, or pallets / day: a worked example

Push daily distributor demand up to 780 cases, kegs, or pallets / day and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a beverage producer needs to plan finished goods coverage for distributor orders, route replenishment, or freshness-sensitive launches

The inputs for this scenario

  • Daily distributor demand: 780 cases, kegs, or pallets / day (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 310)
  • Replenishment and transit lead time: 12 days (unchanged)
  • Freshness safety stock: 900 cases, kegs, or pallets (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Inventory covering replenishment lead time = daily distributor demand × replenishment and transit lead time) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.07 fresh inventory units for protected days of supply, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 65 days for unprotected days.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 780 pieces for inventory.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / day for daily usage.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where daily distributor demand sits at 310 cases, kegs, or pallets / day and the headline result is 0.03 fresh inventory units, this scenario comes in 152% above the baseline at 0.07 fresh inventory units.
  • It computes the fresh inventory required to cover daily distributor demand over the replenishment and transit lead time, plus a freshness safety stock. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Protected days of supply: 0.07 fresh inventory units (headline result)
  • Unprotected days: 65 days
  • Inventory: 780 pieces
  • Daily usage: 12 pieces / day

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Distribution Freshness Days calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.