Maverick buying

The Compliance menu contains the Maverick buying dashboard. Maverick buying is defined as the number of purchase order items that were processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process without involvement of the Procurement department.

Maverick buying is the dashboard where you can analyze your process regarding maverick buying. It enables you to analyze purchase order items labeled with one or more maverick buying tag.

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Purchase order items of purchase orders that were created within the selected period are displayed.

Dashboard charts

The following table describes the dashboard charts of the Maverick buying dashboard.

Chart	Description
Details	Enables you to analyze the process variants in more detail.
Trend	Shows the metric values for the selected field over time, based on the creation date.
What does the process look like?	The process graph displays the process for purchase order items regarding maverick buying. Note: Purchase order items that do not have a Maverick buying tag are taken into account. When the number displayed on an edge is 0 , this means there are no purchase order items that have a Maverick buying tag.
Which maverick buying tags occur	Shows the number of items for the different price categories.

Maverick buying tags

The following table describes the predefined tags for maverick buying.

Tag	Indicates that the...
Goods received before PO item creation	goods were received before a purchase order item was created.
Goods received before PO approval	goods were received before a purchase order was approved.
Goods received without PO approval	goods were received for a purchase order that was not approved.
Invoice received before PO item creation	invoice was received before a purchase order item was created.
Invoice received before PO approval	invoice was received before a purchase order was approved.
Invoice received before goods received	invoice item was created before the last goods received event for a purchase order item occurred.
Invoice received before PR creation	invoice item was created before the create purchase requisition event occurred.
Invoice received without PO approval	invoice was received for a purchase order that was not approved.
Unreasonably quick goods delivery	goods were delivered within 2 hours after the purchase order was approved.
Unreasonably quick invoice received	invoice was received within 2 hours after the purchase order was approved.