Efficiency - Supplier performance

Introduction

Efficiency - Supplier performance is the dashboard where you can analyze the performance of your suppliers in the Purchase-to-Pay process. It displays detailed information on the on-time delivery rates, the total values per supplier and the number of unique suppliers per category. See the illustration below.

KPIs

Below is a description of the KPIs that are displayed at the top of the Efficiency - Supplier performance dashboard.

KPI	Description
Number of suppliers	The number of suppliers that were involved in purchase order items within the selected period.
One-time suppliers	The number of suppliers that were involved only one time for the purchase order items in the selected period.
Late delivery rate	The percentage of purchase order items that were delivered after the expected delivery date within the selected period.
Purchase orders	The total number of purchase orders in the selected period.
Number of items	The total number of purchase order items in the selected period.
Total item value	The total value of the purchase order items in the selected period.

Dashboard charts

Below is a description of the dashboard charts of the Efficiency - Supplier performance dashboard.

Chart	A bar charts that displays...
What is the late delivery rate?	the percentage of purchase order items that were delivered after the expected delivery date within the selected period. Note: When hovering over the bar the Late delivery rate percentage and the number of delivered PO items are displayed for the selected category.
Purchase order items	detailed information on purchase order items related to the selected category. You can select different metrics and categories to change the context. See also Metrics.
How many unique suppliers per category?	detailed information on the number of suppliers for the selected category.

Fields

You can create various different contexts based on purchase order items by selecting a different field from the drop-down list.

Metrics

In the Purchase order items dashboard item, you can select a different metric from the metric selector to analyze various aspects regarding purchase order items.

Below is a description of the metrics that can be used to analyze the purchase order items regarding the selected category.

Metric	Description	Base
Number of items	The number of unique purchase order items.	Purchase order items
Avg. item value	The average value of the purchase order items related to the selected category.	Purchase order items
Total item value	Sum of the value of the purchase order items related to the selected category.	Purchase order items

Context information

When you hover over a bar in the Purchase order items dashboard chart context information is displayed based on the selected metric.