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If you are only interested in knowing the absolute number of stock available at different locations, you do not need to use Monthly Consumption values. However, often times in order to answer the question of "when will we run out?" and "how much should we order?", you will need some sense of the rate of consumption of different products. For example, two clinics may both have 1,000 boxes of aspirin in stock, but the one that is consuming 300 boxes a day is in a much more urgent situation than the one consuming 100 boxes a day.
CommTrack CommCare Supply provides the feature of automatic consumption calculation based on the usage of products within a specified date range.
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Automatic Monthly Consumption
CommTrack CommCare Supply can also automatically calculate consumption rates per product based on historical behaviour within a specified date range. CommTrack CommCare Supply needs the following data to calculate the dynamic monthly consumption. These can be found in the 'Advanced Settings' under Setup.
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In this scenario a mobile agent has to report at least 3 stock on hand reports over at least 5 days before CommTrack CommCare Supply can calculate a monthly consumption automatically.
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When 'use automatic consumption calculation' is not checked, CommTrack CommCare Supply will use the default values provided.
Even when 'Use automatic consumption calculation' IS checked, it will take some time for CommTrack CommCare Supply to have enough data to automatically calculate consumption values. It will use the default values provided until there is enough data to automatically calculate consumption.
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If the default consumption uploaded with excel is a decimal number, CommTrack CommCare Supply would round it up. |
For more information on how the algorithm works: Automatic consumption calculation algorithm
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