Description
Return outstanding and backordered order units.
Pharmacy administration separates inventory, document identity, authorization, service timing and financial records from clinical decisions. Matching labels or a positive local predicate can reconcile supplied metadata without authenticating medicine, establishing lawful supply or determining appropriate care.
Return outstanding and backordered order units.
When to use this tool
Use Medicine Order Backordered Reserved Count when checking the stated pharmacy record, inventory, timing, coverage or cost convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter requested, supplied, reserved, cancelled. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read remaining, backordered, fillShare. Use the output convention below.
Return outstanding and backordered order units. Require whole requested >= 1 and nonnegative supplied/reserved/cancelled whose sum <= requested; remaining = requested-supplied-cancelled, backordered = remaining-reserved, fillShare = supplied/requested.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| requested | Requested | Required. Safe integer; minimum 1. |
| supplied | Supplied | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| reserved | Reserved | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| cancelled | Cancelled | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| remaining | Requested minus supplied/cancelled; includes reserved units. | Required. Safe integer. |
| backordered | Remaining minus reserved units; excludes reserved units. | Required. Safe integer. |
| fillShare | Fill Share | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"requested": 100,
"supplied": 40,
"reserved": 20,
"cancelled": 10
},
"output": {
"remaining": 50,
"backordered": 30,
"fillShare": 0.4
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Reserved units remain in remaining but not backordered; actual availability, delivery timing and safe supply are not established.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use verified medicine/service records and applicable professional procedures; consult a qualified pharmacist or other appropriate professional for clinical, legal or safe-supply decisions.
References
Similar or alternative tools
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