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Laboratory inventory guides from Labnize
Practical guides to laboratory inventory, batch traceability, consumption forecasting and the purchasing workflow behind Labnize.
Croston, and why the forecast is not a black box
Chemical demand is intermittent, which is the case a moving average handles worst. Here is the model behind the days-of-supply figure and the alert it raises.
6 min read
What happens to stock when an analyze runs
Running a test is the one moment where the paperwork and the physical inventory have to agree. Here is the chain of writes behind a single execution.
5 min read
Why a batch code starts at the shelf
Supplier lot numbers are not unique, not consistent and not yours. Deriving the batch code from the storage location fixes all three problems at once.
4 min read