Keep promised-package baselines to analyze timing and completeness without treating a partial receipt as a fully completed order.
Index
Delivering some boxes on time does not prove the shipment was complete. Reporting must identify packages composing the original commitment and when each was actually received.
The unit of analysis determines the result
The analytical base should separate order, shipment and package. Later quantity changes need version and reason; using only current records can improve a measure by removing undelivered items. Completeness and timing can be shown separately before combining an agreed performance rule.
Logistics software may provide a ready measure if its definition is checked against actual events. A custom layer supports commitments negotiated for part of a shipment or receipts supplied through different sources. Explicitly define refusals and cancellations instead of hiding them as merely missing data.
Requirements for comparing BI proposals
- Keep the package list and confirmed window used as the baseline for each delivery.
- Connect proof to packages actually received and retain identification of portions still in transit.
- Separate customer-requested changes from operational decisions to explain the baseline being compared.
A check before using the measure
In a hypothetical scenario, part of a shipment arrives within the window while one box is received later. Check package-level outcomes and completion of the whole commitment. Remove a package from current records: historical analysis must retain the promised baseline unless a recorded renegotiation applies to that commitment.
Reference for assessing scope
Microsoft Learn: facts, dimensions and analytical model grain
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