Beverage Brewing, Distilling & Fermentation worked example

Quality Hold Inventory with daily shipments covered by hold of 1,100 cases, bbl, or pallets / day: a worked example

This scenario runs the quality hold inventory calculation on the strong side: daily shipments covered by hold of 1,100 cases, bbl, or pallets / day, with every other input held at its documented default. a beverage manufacturer needs to plan finished goods, brite tank, or packaged inventory while batches are on quality hold

The inputs for this scenario

  • Daily shipments covered by hold: 1,100 cases, bbl, or pallets / day (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 420)
  • Quality release lead time: 4 days (unchanged)
  • Quality hold safety stock: 650 cases, bbl, or pallets (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Inventory covering release lead time = daily shipments covered by hold × quality release lead time) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.42 units on hold for protected days of supply, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 275 days for unprotected days.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,100 pieces for inventory.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 pieces / day for daily usage.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where daily shipments covered by hold sits at 420 cases, bbl, or pallets / day and the headline result is 0.16 units on hold, this scenario comes in 162% above the baseline at 0.42 units on hold.
  • Use it when setting hold-floor stocking targets, qualifying a new product with a longer lab panel, or planning capacity for a QA release backlog. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Protected days of supply: 0.42 units on hold (headline result)
  • Unprotected days: 275 days
  • Inventory: 1,100 pieces
  • Daily usage: 4 pieces / day

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Quality Hold Inventory calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.