Reports

Here are some of the MM reports/metrics our customers are requesting:

All stocked and non-stocked items charged to a department...drillable all the way back through the A/U system codes, to the invoice and vendor, PO and buyer, to the requisition and requisitioner. All from one screen. This seems to be the number one request.

They need to easily see item usage (units and dollars) by date, vendor, in or out of contact, item group, location, department, buyer, etc.

Metrics:

Percent First Receipt
Percent Matched on Cost
Percent Non-Compliance
Percent in or out of contract
Percent received by Due Date
Percent Rejected Indicator Trend
Requisition to Approval Days
Approval to PO Days
PO to Delivery Days
Open PO Quantities Back-order Quantities
Freight Costs

My caution would be if the MM department cannot tell you what reporting/metrics they currently need to improve their business I am not sure how valuable any BI effort would prove to be.