Purchase Orders

The Purchase Orders dashboard provides a consolidated view of purchasing activity, including total orders, outstanding invoices, vendor performance, and item procurement trends. It helps procurement and finance teams monitor purchasing throughput, manage supplier performance, and support inventory and cash flow planning.

Benefits of this dashboard

• Optimize procurement: Provides visibility into purchasing trends and vendor performance.
• Manage supplier relationships: Tracks outstanding invoices and identifies top vendors.
• Improve inventory planning: Monitors purchase orders to help maintain adequate stock levels.
• Strengthen financial control: Tracks outstanding and processed invoices to strengthen cash‑flow management.

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

KPI	Description
Invoice HC Total	Total value of purchase order invoices.
Invoice Total Processed	Value of purchase order invoices processed.
Invoice Total Outstanding	Value of purchase order invoices outstanding.
Purchase Order Quantity	Total quantity of items ordered.
Purchase Order Quantity Processed	Quantity of items processed.
Purchase Order Quantity Outstanding	Quantity of items outstanding and not yet processed.

Visual components

Title	View type	Description
Items by Quantity Purchased	Tree Map	Shows the most frequently purchased product categories.
Top 5 Vendors by Purchase Total	Pie	Shows the vendors with the highest total purchase orders.
Top 5 Vendors by Total Outstanding	Pie	Shows the vendors with the highest outstanding invoices.
Top 10 Purchased Items by PO Status	Horizontal Bullet	Compares purchase order quantities across products by purchase order status.
Outstanding Purchases Over Time	Line	Tracks cumulative outstanding and processed purchases over time.
Invoice Total and Percent Processed by Vendor	Complex Sparkline	Shows total invoices and the percent processed by supplier.

Filters

You can filter the dashboard with these panels:

• Company Code
• Order Year
• Order Period
• Item Group
• Area Code
• Supplier Group Code
• Warehouse
• Supplier