Order Variance

Background – Order Variance is the process of analyzing the order fulfillment process from Sales Orders to Deliveries and through to Invoicing. The purpose is to ensure that your company is fully satisfying your sales commitments and identifying areas where there are variance gaps in the process where quantities are being under/over delivered, potential revenue is being lost, costs are higher than anticipated etc. 

What you get if you just join the tables – No ability to follow the document flow from Sales Orders through deliveries and invoices. This partial visibility hides important gaps in the order process and makes it impossible to identify problem areas. In particular Under/Over fulfillment cannot be identified as it requires a full view of the document flow from the sales order through to the final invoice. Time series analysis is also next to impossible. There are no easy metrics to identify key gaps and take action accordingly. 

Simplement Value Add – Simplement Order Variance Smart Start takes care of all the headache of gathering and joining the required data from the dozens of tables involved in order to provide a complete picture from your Sales Orders through to final Invoicing. With us you can start the Order Variance process today and take immediate action to identify critical variances in the order fulfillment process that are hurting your bottom line by taking advantage of these out of the box features! 

Full visibility into what has been delivered & invoiced off the sales orders allows for end to end variance analysis in terms of quantities, costs, $ value, and even margins! Under/Over fulfillment variances at any step in the fulfillment process are highlighted with pre-built KPI to draw attention to problem areas immediately. Built in time series analysis makes it easy to perform analysis at any point in time.