Purchasing and Inventory

This QuickStart enables rapid business analysis for a range of end-user analysts: Management Accountants, Procurement Departments, Plant Managers and Supply Chain analysts.

Data is extracted from the following SAP R/3 module(s): MM (Materials Management)

Business Analysis

The Purchasing and Inventory Analysis QuickStart enables a detailed understanding of the efficiencies of the buying aspects of a Logistics operation.

Analysis can be described as belonging to 2 areas:

Purchasing Analysis.

Inventory Analysis.

  • Top/Bottom vendors
  • PO lead cycle-time analysis
  • Supplier reliability
  • PO status.
  • Procurement efficiencies
  • Ordered vs. Received; pricing comparisons
  • PO costs by (material) category
  • Stock levels: value, volume & trends
  • Dead & Slow-moving stock
  • Detailed stock reports
  • Material type/region/plant etc

Star schema

Sales, logistics and profitability Purchasing and Inventory model