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Summary - Summary dashboard

The Summary menu contains the Summary dashboard which gives a graphical representation of the main KPIs of the Purchase-to-Pay process and gives insight into the overall process performance.

KPIs

The following table describes the KPIs that are displayed on the Summary - Summary dashboard.

KPIDescription
Purchase ordersThe total number of Purchase orders created within the selected period.
Number of itemsThe total number of Purchase order items created within the selected period.
Total item valueThe total value of the Purchase order items created within the selected period.

Dashboard charts

The following table describes the dashboard charts of the Summary dashboard.

Chart

A history graph that displays...

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Avg. throughput time end to end

the average throughput time for the end-to-end process, from creating a purchase requisition to the actual payment for the related invoice.

Analysis - End to end process

Automation rate

the percentage of automated events in the Purchase-to-Pay process from end to end.

Automation potential

Late delivery rate

the percentage of purchase order items that were delivered after the latest expected delivery date.

Efficiency - Supplier performance

Percentage maverick buying

the percentage of purchase order items that were processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process without involvement of the Purchase or Procurement departments.

Compliance - Maverick buying

Maverick buying value

the total value of purchase order items that were regarded as maverick buying.

Compliance - Maverick buying

One-time suppliers

the number of suppliers that were involved only one time for the purchase order items in the selected period. Efficiency - Supplier performance

First time right

the percentage of purchase order items that have been processed without revisions. The default activities that are considered revisions are:'Delete purchase order', 'Delete purchase order item', 'Delete purchase requisition', 'Reject purchase order', 'Reject purchase requisition', 'Restore purchase order', 'Restore purchase order item', 'Revoke approved purchase order level 1', 'Revoke approved purchase order level 2', 'Revoke approved purchase order level 3', 'Revoke approved purchase requisition level 1', 'Revoke approved purchase requisition level 2', 'Revoke approved purchase requisition level 3'.

Note: The list of activities can be changed in Data transformations .

Analysis - End to end process

Number of activities

The total number of dfferent activities that are present in the end to end process, from creating a purchase requisition to the actual payment for the related invoice.  

You can click on the View details button of a KPI chart to go to the related dashboard for a more detailed analysis.