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Learn more about the Vendor Performance report in WorldShare Reports in Power BI.

Overview

The Vendor Performance report displays a summary of vendors and the average number of days to fulfill items within a specified period. It provides visualizations to easily see copies received by vendor and average days to fulfillment by vendor. Top-level KPIs provide quick statistics of copies received/cancelled and how long the average days to fulfillment truly is. You can use this report to identify the best and worst-performing vendors and tailor your future ordering preferences accordingly.

This report defaults to the last 2 years of activity, but can be filtered (and bookmarked) to apply any date period, material format, order type, processing type, and shipping type.

 

Dataset Acquisitions
Data refresh rate This report's data is updated nightly. It will be updated by 6 a.m. your institution's data center time. The data will be "as of" the end of the previous day.
Data history start date Receive dates >= August 2014
Default date range The last 24 months of your institution's activity
 

 Note: Receive Dates prior to August 2014 are not available. Queries for data prior to August 2014 will product unexpected results for the Average Days to Fulfillment value.
Report type Interactive
Available filters

Vendor Performance slicers, visuals, and columns

Vendor Performance report interface - Image
Screenshot of the Vendor Performance report in WorldShare Reports in Power BI

Report slicers

The Vendor Performance report visuals and columns have four slicers that can be applied to them. By default, each slicer is set to All.

Slicer Description
Material Format Select one or more of the available values to update the report visuals and columns. The available values will depend on your institution's holdings.
Order Type Select one or more of the following values to update the report visuals.
  • Select all (default)
  • (Blank)
  • Approval plan
  • Blanket Order
  • DDA Plan
  • Gift /Donation list
  • Legal Deposit List
  • Purchase order
  • Standing Order
  • Template
Processing Type Select one or more of the following values to update the report visuals.
  • Select all (default)
  • (Blank)
  • Electronic Product
  • Local
  • Monograph
  • Monographic series
  • Serial
Shipping Type Select one or more of the following values to update the report visuals and columns.
  • Select all (default)
  • (Blank)
  • Express
  • N/A
  • Next Day
  • Other
  • Standard

Report visuals

Visual Description
Copies Received by Vendor Name The number of copies received for an acquisition order item by vendor name.
  • Click a vendor name in the graph or the list to change the report visuals.
  • Reclick the vendor name in the graph or the list to restore all visuals in the report to the default.
Average Days to Fulfillment by Vendor Name The average number of days from the date the item was ordered to the date the item was received by vendor name.
  • Click a vendor name in the graph to change the report visuals.
  • Reclick the vendor name in the graph to restore all visuals in the report to the default.
Average Days to Fulfillment The average number of days from the date the item was ordered to the date the item was received.
Copies Received The number of copies received for an acquisition order item.
Copies Ordered The number of copies ordered by your institution for an individual item.
Copies Cancelled The number of copies cancelled for an acquisition order item.
Cancellations Per Copies Ordered The percentage of copies cancelled per copies ordered by your institution for an individual item.

Report columns

Click a column name to change the column sort.

  • The first click sorts the column in ascending order.
  • The second click sorts the column in descending order.
Report columns
Vendor Name Copies Received Copies Cancelled
Copies Ordered Average Days to Fulfillment Cancellations Per Copies Ordered