# Efficiency - Supplier Performance

> Efficiency - Supplier Performance dashboard for analyzing supplier delivery rates, total values, and unique supplier counts in the Purchase-to-Pay process.

## 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.

![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/process-mining/process-mining-docs-image-56033-ff21899c-7e0125af.webp)

## KPIs

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

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     KPI  
     Description  
  
 
 
  
     Late delivery rate  
     The percentage of purchase order items that were delivered after the expected delivery date related to the number of invoice items. Note: If you click on the <code>Late delivery rate</code> KPI a filter is automatically created and added in the Filters panel. 
  
  
     One-time suppliers  
     The number of suppliers that were involved only one time for the purchase order items. Note: If you click on the <code>One-time suppliers</code> KPI a filter is automatically created and added in the Filters panel. 
  
  
     Suppliers  
     The number of suppliers that were involved in purchase order items.  
  
  
     Total value (ordered)  
     Total value of the purchase order items. Note: If you click on the <code>Total value (ordered)</code> KPI, the <code>Total value (ordered)</code> metric is displayed in the Purchase order items dashboard item. 
  
  
     PO items  
     The total number of purchase order items. Note: If you click on the <code>PO items</code> KPI, the <code>Number of items</code> metric is displayed in the Purchase order items dashboard item. 
  
  
     Purchase orders  
     The total number of purchase orders.  
  
 

:::note
The `One-time suppliers` filter or the `Late delivery rate` filter is only applied when there is at least one purchase order item with the respective filter.
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### Root Cause Analysis

The [Analysis - Root cause analysis](https://docs.uipath.com/process-mining/standalone/2021.10/user-guide/p2p-procurement-root-cause-analysis#procurement---root-cause-analysis) enables you to analyze suppliers with late delivery rates in more detail. When you click on the **Root cause analysis** icon in the header of the **What is the late delivery rate?** dashboard item the **Analysis - Root cause analysis** dashboard will be displayed with a predefined filter to analyze late delivery rates.

See the illustration below.

![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/process-mining/process-mining-docs-image-54450-772ed8ef-24f6a8c8.webp)

When you click on the **Back** icon in the **What influences the selection?** dashboard item in the **Root cause analysis** dashboard, you will return to the **Efficiency - Supplier performance** dashboard.

## Grouping

You can create various contexts by selecting different attributes from the drop-down list. It is also possible to add more columns by selecting multiple attributes.

![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/process-mining/process-mining-docs-image-57285-7b920381-f7944e79.webp)

## Metrics

You can create various different contexts by selecting different attributes from the drop-down list. The metric selector enables you to select different metrics.

![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/process-mining/process-mining-docs-image-56377-5b55061a-74006aeb.webp)

Below is a description of the metrics that can be used to analyze the purchase requisitions regarding the selected attribute.

| Metric | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Number of items | The number of unique purchase order items for purchase orders created within the selected period. |
| Percentage of items | The percentage of unique purchase order items related to the number of purchase order items for purchase orders created within the selected period. |
| Avg. value (ordered) | The average purchase order item value for the selected attribute for purchase orders created within the selected period. |
| Total value (ordered) | The sum of the purchase order item values for the selected attribute for purchase orders created within the selected period. |