Logistics Overview and Supplier Readiness
Two dashboards that read like an executive summary of the logistics function: one for operations, one for supplier health.
Logistics Overview
A cross-section view of the logistics operation:
- Open POs / Late POs / Pending MRs / Receipts to Bill — the four headline KPIs from the workspace, repeated here with trend.
- Material flow snapshots — stock value by warehouse, movement volume over the last 7/30 days.
- Exception highlights — items at zero stock with open MRs, POs with no PR after expected delivery date, MRs that have been in Prep for >24 hours.
It's the dashboard a logistics manager opens for a quick state-of-the-function read. Most days it should be calm; a spike on any axis is the signal something needs attention.
Supplier Readiness
A supplier-by-supplier scorecard:
- On-time delivery rate — proportion of POs where the PR posted on or before the schedule date.
- Quantity accuracy — average gap between PO quantity and PR quantity (overs and shorts).
- Quality return rate — for fabric and trim suppliers, the proportion of receipts that triggered a QC issue.
- Invoice accuracy — PI vs PR vs PO three-way match deltas.
- Lead time average — actual days from PO creation to PR posting.
Sorted descending by issue severity, the dashboard surfaces the suppliers needing attention most.
When to use them together
These two are the monthly review dashboards. Logistics Overview tells you how the function is performing; Supplier Readiness tells you who's helping and who's hurting.
A typical monthly conversation:
- Open Logistics Overview. Confirm trends are healthy. Spot any creeping KPI issues (e.g., late POs trending up — chase the suppliers responsible).
- Open Supplier Readiness. Identify the bottom 2-3 suppliers. Decide: coach them, reduce volume, replace them.
- Decisions become next month's targets.
Done seriously, this is how a factory builds the kind of supplier base that doesn't drop balls.
What to do next
For the final piece — reconciling what was planned vs what was actually consumed — see Material Reconciliation.