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Product dashboard KPIs

Summary KPIs shown on a product record

Written by Ian Oldrey

Updated at January 3rd, 2023

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Table of Contents

Available to User types Product KPIs Stock turn example 30 day stock turn calculation Stock Confidence Settings for system administrator Setting reports to have reporting levels

When looking at a product record these Dashboard KPIs give useful summary information about the product.

Available to User types

Ops Basic Pro Super Prime

Product KPIs

Not all KPIs are available to all user roles.

Free stock in yard

Main value: Shows the free (available) stock at the depot that you are logged into

Secondary value: Shows the total physical stock at all depots

 

 
 

On Order

Main value: Shows the on order (purchased and mill orders) to be received at the depot that you are logged into

Secondary value: Date of next receipt of stock (highlights red if overdue)

Drill down: list of forward stock movements

 
 

Average Sales (30 days)

Main value: Shows the quantity sold and/milled (usage) over the last 30 days

Secondary value: Shows the number of days stock available based on last 30 days usage

 
 

Standard Cost Price

Main value: Shows the current Standard Cost Price (SCP) for this product

Secondary value: Shows the Last Cost Price (LCP) for this product

 
 

Stock Valuation (ACP)

Main value: Shows the value of stock based on the Average Cost Price (ACP) for the depot logged into

 
 

Stock Turn

Main value: Shows the rate of stock turn for this product.  The higher this number the more effectively the stock is working for the business.  

Stock turn example

If you have a product with an average of 10 in stock and sells 10 a month it would have a stock turn of 12.  

If you still had an average of 10 in stock but sold 20 a month the stock turn would be 24

If you dropped the average stock to 5 and still sold 10 a month the stock turn would also be 24

If you increased your average stock to 20 and started selling 20 a month you would have a stock turn of 12

 

 

30 day stock turn calculation

Stock turn is based on the sales over last 30 days divided by the average stock held over the last 30 days.  This is multiplied up to give a predicted stock turn for the year.

This KPI works on a 30 day calculation to quickly give stock turn figures to new users.  This is less accurate for seasonal products

 

 

Secondary value: Shows the number of days stock you are likely to have based on the current stock holding and how often that stock is turning over

 
 

Stock Confidence

Main value: Shows the stock confidence percentage for this product

Stock Confidence

Stock Confidence is a rating on the confidence of the stock you have.

When a product has stock first entered, or a stock count is done it gets a confidence rating of 100%.

The confidence rating degrades over time at a rate calculated by an algorithm.  The algorithm is influenced by factors such as how much you have in stock, how often the product sells or is used for milling, and how close the last stock count was to what the system expected to find.

Highly active products will lose their confidence rating more quickly, prompting for them to be checked (counted) more frequently

 

 

 
 

 

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Settings for system administrator

Setting User Roles > Reporting levels will affect the KPIs that a user can see

  1. Settings
  2. User Administration
  3. User Roles
  4. Select user role to edit
  5. Module > Reporting
  6. Set level to:
    1. None - cannot see any reporting
    2. Low - can view basic reports
    3. Mid - can view basic and advanced reports
    4. High - can view basic and advanced and reports with sensitive data

Setting reports to have reporting levels

Against each KPI the User Level can be set

  1. Settings
  2. Reporting
  3. KPI Permissions
  4. Set each KPI to the minimum user role level that can view it (none/low/mid/high)

Build Number: 001

Release Month & Year: Mar/2020

 

 

 

 

 

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