For many organisations, the reality of supplier performance management is that time and opportunity to track and react to dozens of complex KPIs simply doesn’t exist…
Supply Chain KPIs
The Hierarchy of Metrics for Supply Chain Success
When it comes to measuring the health and performance of your supply chain, quality—in terms of KPIs—is usually better than quantity. I've seen companies tracking 50, 60, sometimes 80 different metrics, and honestly, most of them couldn't tell you what half those...
Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple
Have you ever seen an image of the modern airliner’s flight deck? If you have, you know that even with the large multi-function displays…
The Perfect Order KPI: Is it the Best Metric Ever?
If you're not already familiar with the perfect order rate as a supply chain KPI, you will be in around 10 minutes, which is the maximum amount of time you're likely to spend reading this article. Here at Benchmarking Success, we happen to believe that perfect order...
A Concise Guide to Inventory KPIs for Your Business
Every article we publish covering logistics and supply chain KPIs piques our website visitors’ interest and receives a wealth of positive feedback…
Cycle Times as a Performance Measure in Supply Chain
Time compression and speed are vitally important elements in supply chain success, especially for organisations operating in more competitive markets. Therefore, knowing how long your process cycles take to complete should be a high priority among your KPI...
The Balanced Scorecard Methodology for Supply Chain Performance Measurement
A common performance management mistake made by supply chain operators is trying to maintain and monitor too many KPIs. This can easily lead to the condition that's sometimes known as analysis paralysis. I've seen it happen more times than I can count. A company...
Understanding Fill Rate KPIs: Line Fill Rate
If you've spent any time looking at supply chain metrics, you'll know there's no shortage of KPIs to choose from. But when it comes to understanding how well your operation is actually fulfilling customer orders, line fill rate is one of the most useful measures you...
5 Commonly Used Road Transportation Performance Indicators
As with most aspects of supply chain and logistics operation, it can be hard to identify exactly which road transportation KPIs you should select as your key metrics. There are quite a few to choose from and of course much depends upon the specific characteristics of...
The Big List of Supply Chain KPI Mistakes to Avoid
Who would have thought that measuring the performance of supply chain processes like warehousing, procurement, or logistics could be so troublesome…