Metrics
Metrics
Metrics
 |
The following metrics are used in ZEUS Purchase
pivot tables:
|
LABEL |
UNIT |
MEANING |
FORMULA |
EXAMPLE OF USE |
| Quantity |
unit of measurement |
Quantity |
|
How many items from category
x did we purchase from supplier y this year? |
| Value |
currency |
value |
quantity x
price |
What was
the value of items from category x purchased from supplier y this year? |
| Number
of purchases |
|
number of purchases |
number of
invoices |
From which
suppliers do we purchase most often? |
| Average value/invoice |
currency |
the average value of purchases |
VALUE (IN CURRENCY) divided
by NUMBER OF INVOICES |
From which suppliers did we purchase the
greatest value of goods at once? |
| Average waiting period |
days |
the average number of days it
takes to deliver a purchase |
TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS TO WAIT
divided by NUMBER OF INVOICES |
For goods from which
suppliers do you wait the longest? |
| Average
number of days late |
|
average
number of late days |
TOTAL NUMBER
OF LATE DAYS divided by NUMBER OF INVOICES |
How many
days late were deliveries from supplier x? |
* - purchase value plus costs
** - number of days from day order placed to day goods received
*** - number of days from the Deliver By date to the day the goods were
received
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