Veterinary Device & Animal Health Products worked example

Inventory Coverage with daily unit demand for the sku of 3,000 units / day: a worked example in veterinary device & animal health products

Push daily unit demand for the sku up to 3,000 units / day and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when inventory coverage in veterinary device and animal health products is being sized for a buffer or safety stock review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Daily unit demand for the SKU: 3,000 units / day (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 1,200)
  • Purchase-order lead time: 85 days (unchanged)
  • Safety stock coverage factor: 1.1 units (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Inventory coverage cycle stock = inventory coverage daily usage × inventory coverage lead time) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 32.09 days for protected days of supply, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 35.29 days for unprotected days.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,000 pieces for inventory.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 85 pieces / day for daily usage.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where daily unit demand for the sku sits at 1,200 units / day and the headline result is 12.83 days, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 32.09 days.
  • It computes protected days of supply by combining cycle stock (demand times lead time) with a safety-stock coverage factor. 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: 32.09 days (headline result)
  • Unprotected days: 35.29 days
  • Inventory: 3,000 pieces
  • Daily usage: 85 pieces / day

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.