SCM Business Questions

Overview
Are our maintenance practices efficient?
Do I scrap during production?
How can I improve the quality of my products?
How does the time taken to produce compare against plan?
How effective is an organization to schedule and manage fulfillment end-to-end cycle times?
How effective is an organization to schedule and manage internal material transfers and measure end-to-end cycle time?
How effective is outbound warehouse operations for a organization in terms of release to ship cycle times?
How good is your internal material sourcing efficiency?
How good is your visibility on intra- and inter-organization transfers?
How is my quality of production?
How is purchase distributed across suppliers?
How long do you need to intake inventory from Receiving to storage location?
How long does it take for purchase requisitions to get approved?
How many POs are pending accrual by BU, Inventory Org, Item Category, Supplier for a specific time frame?
How many POs are pending accrual by BU, Inventory Org, Item Category, Supplier for a specific time frame?
How many Receipts are Accrued by BU, Inventory Org, Item Category, Supplier, PO for a specific time frame?
How many Receipts are Accrued by BU, Inventory Org, Item Category, Supplier, PO for a specific time frame?
How many approvers on a average are approving agreements?
How many approvers on a average are approving purchase orders?
How many non-catalog purchase requisitions are created by volume, item, and amount?
How many orders had manual adjustment applied by business unit, customer?
How many shipment lines got backordered for a particular period?
How many times are we amending agreements and whether amendment initiation is internal or external?
How many times are we amending purchase orders and whether amendment initiation is internal or external?
How many work orders are completed on time?
How much did the organization spend with suppliers, commodities, buyers, cost center, contracts versus non contracts and leakage?
How much discounts was applied on the order lines by business unit, customer?
How much is the PO Receipt Accruals by BU, Inventory Org, Item Category, Supplier for a specific time frame?
How much is the PO Receipt Accruals by BU, Inventory Org, Item Category, Supplier for a specific time frame?
How much time does it take for my product to pass through the production plant?
How much time does my org spend doing preventive vs. corrective maintenance?
How much work do I have, and how many resources do I need to do the work?
How often is my org doing preventive maintenance as planned?
Identify the items and categories with cost-saving potential in procurement operations based on price?
Identify the items, categories, and suppliers with compliance issues in their purchase agreement?
Identify the key areas for improving process efficiencie?
Is a company using strategic suppliers and contracts effectively?
Is my plant reaching its targeted production output?
Is the Un-invoiced Receipt transactions Manually Cleared?
Is the amount of maintenance work I have increasing or decreasing?
Is the maintenance scheduling effective in my organization?
Top 10 customers with increasing or decreasing gross margin %
Top 10 inventory movements by plant or item category?
Top 10 items issues by transaction typ?
Top 10 items receipts by transaction type?
Top 10 products with increasing or decreasing gross margin %
What % of items are being reworked?
What are Order types and order statuses imported from external systems?
What are cycle times in terms of PR and PO approval, PR to PO conversion?
What are my cycle times for agreement approvals?
What are my lead time standard and variances in purchase cycles?
What are my negotiation to agreement approval cycle times?
What are my processing and post-processing lead time standards and variances for an item?
What are my products and services for which we have agreements?
What are purchase orders creation sources and corresponding requisition sources?
What are return rates for suppliers?
What are the Fast, Slow and Non-Moving Products in the warehouse?
What are the Receipt Accounting Distributions generated for the current period?
What are the Receipt Accounting Transactions for the current Period?
What are the Sales Orders and Sales Order lines in Credit Review Pending status?
What are the Sales Orders and Sales Order lines in Draft status?
What are the active contracts by contract type?
What are the agreements utilization rates?
What are the contracts with policy deviations?
What are the creation sources for agreements?
What are the delivery times from Internal organizations?
What are the freight amounts by product, location, and shipping method for a given period on the order lines?
What are the invoices created for a particular period and corresponding sales orders details for the same period?
What are the products and quantity returned by customer over a period of time?
What are the products fulfilled from different supply sources to meet customer demand?
What are the products shipped directly to customers from supplier warehouse?
What are the reasons for product return from customers?
What are the reosurce and labour counts in my work area?
What are the return rates for Internal organization?
What are the transaction details of the materials in my organization and work area?
What are the transaction details of the resources in my organization and work area?
What are the work order variances and how it is trending?
What commodities and services have been purchased, in what volume and price?
What is Accepted and Rejected rates for commodities, by suppliers?
What is WIP values by cost element?
What is accepted and rejected rates for commodities, by suppliers?
What is an organization current period open transfer orders, shipped, received, returned, open returned, past due in terms of quantity and amounts?
What is an organization's current period order booking, open, shipped, invoiced, returned, open returned, past due amount in terms of quantity and amounts?
What is an organization's inventory position across supply chain in terms of quantity?
What is an organization's inventory value across supply chain for an item, item category, and organization?
What is contract cycle time in days for contracts?
What is my contract versus off contract spend?
What is my gross margin by business unit, products, locations, product category, and customers for a given period?
What is my unearned revenue and revenue based on business unit, customer, product, etc.? For a selected booking period?
What is the Inventory Turns of my Organization?
What is the Receiving cycle time?
What is the actuals and planned usages of materials for my work order?
What is the actuals and planned usages of reosurces for my work order?
What is the age of inventory?
What is the amount of Goods Received and not Invoiced for Accruals at period end by BU, Inventory Org, Item Category, Supplier for a specific time frame?
What is the amount of Goods Received and not Invoiced for Accruals at period end by BU, Inventory Org, Item Category, Supplier for a specific time frame?
What is the average age of inventory?
What is the average fulfillment time for the products shipped directly to customers from suppliers?
What is the average fulfillment time for the products sourced from different supply types?
What is the average hold times for different kinds of holds?
What is the centralized view of all procurement requests for purchasing department?
What is the classification of purchase requisitions by status, type, source of created for a period and associated purchase order details?
What is the cost distribution by accounting line type for a cost organization and cost book?
What is the cost distribution by transaction type, accounting line type, item etc for a cost organization and cost book?
What is the cost distribution for a cost organization and cost book for a given period?
What is the costs of finished goods that are produced in shop floor?
What is the costs of unfinished goods currently undergoing production?
What is the count of Sales orders which are on hold and the Order status is Draft?
What is the count of contracts and contract amounts by suppliers, business units, products?
What is the inventory cost of the products sourced from different supply types?
What is the inventory valuations for items or item category for a given period?
What is the item unit cost by different cost elements like material, material overhead, and overhead by value and percentage?
What is the item unit cost for a cost organization and different cost books?
What is the number of operation transactions done for my work order?
What is the on-hand value of inventory in my warehouse?
What is the output quantity of my process manufacturing work order?
What is the production yield for my plant?
What is the sales order booked amount in a particular period and what is the corresponding billing amount?
What is the shipment and delivery performance for an organization in terms of perfect order, shipped in full and on time (shipment and delivery) percentages?
What is the shipment and delivery performance for an organization/warehouse in terms of Orders shipped in full and on time (shipment and delivery) percentages?
What is the shipment status for transfer orders?
What is the shipping cost?
What is the time taken to produce my products?
What is the total Shipping cost ?
What is the total booking, returns, shipped , on time shipped, perfect orders, shipped in full, late shipped amounts trends?
What is the total count of Sales Order which are in Draft, Credit Review Pending, and Approval Pending order statuses?
What is the total order amount by business unit, customer, product, for a given period?
What is the total quantity received per warehouse operator ?
What is the transaction amount for a particular accounting line type by cost organization and cost book for a given period? E.g COGS, PPV etc.
What is the trend for onhand quantity by product and category?
What is the trend in inventory movement in and out for items, item category, and plants?
What is the trend in inventory valuations for items and organizations?
What is the trend of item costs over a period of time?
What is the volume of inventory received?
What is your Days In Inventory for a given Inventory Organization?
What items are showing most volatile trend over a period of time?
What products and warehouses are effective in managing pick, pack, and shipping operations?
What receipts are created manually or through ASN's?
What receipts are created manually or through ASNs?
What type of holds are applied to orders?
What, when, and how much materials are being returned?
What, when, and how much of internal materials are being returned?
When were products shipped and what is the average delivery times?
When were products shipped by Suppliers and internal organizations and what is the average delivery times of Suppliers and Internal Organizations?
Which POs are Matched against Invoice?
Which agreements are under utilized?
Which agreements are utilized before expiry?
Which all orders have holds applied currently and in the past?
Which contracts are expiring in next one months by suppliers, business unit?
Which of my products revenue or COGS is not recognized?
Which of my products revenue or COGS is partially recognized?
Which of the POs are accrued where the Accrual is at Receipt?
Which product, category, organization are high in terms of inventory quantity in the asset subinventory location?
Which products are excess?
Which products are obsolete?
Which sales orders are due for picking today and/or tomorrow?
Which shipments are due for shipping today and/or tomorrow?
Which steps in my production process have the greatest impact on yield, and why?
Which suppliers deliver consistently on time?