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Last updated Oct 17, 2024

Compliance - Maverick buying

Compliance - Maverick buying

The Compliance menu contains the Maverick buying dashboard. Maverick buying is defined as the number of purchase order items that were processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process without involvement of the Procurement department.

Compliance - Maverick buying is the dashboard where you can analyze your process regarding maverick buying. It enables you to analyze purchase order items labeled with one or more maverick buying tag.

Note: Purchase order items of purchase orders that were created within the selected period are displayed.

See the illustration below.



KPIs

Below is a description of the KPIs displayed at the top of the Conformance - Maverick buying dashboard.

KPI

Description

Maverick buying value

Total value of the purchase order items involved in maverick buying.

Percentage maverick buying

The percentage of purchase order items that were processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process.

Number of items

The number of purchase order items that were processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process.

Total PO items

The total number of purchase order items.

Maverick buying tags

Below is a description of the predefined tags for maverick buying.

Tag

Indicates that the ...

Goods received before PO item creation

goods were received before a purchase order item was created.

Goods received before PO approval

goods were received before a purchase order was approved.

Goods received without PO approval

goods were received for a purchase order that was not approved.

Invoice received before PO item creation

invoice was received before a purchase order item was created.

Invoice received before PO approval

invoice was received before a purchase order was approved.

Invoice received before goods received

invoice item was created before the last goods received event for a purchase order item occured.

Invoice received before PR creation

invoice item was created before the create purchase requisition event occured.

Invoice received without PO approval

invoice was received for a purchase order that was not approved.

Unreasonably quick goods delivery

goods were delivered within 2 hours after the purchase order was approved.

Unreasonably quick invoice received

invoice was received within 2 hours after the purchase order was approved.

Metrics

You can create various different contexts by selecting different categories from the drop-down list. The metric selector enables you to select different metrics. See the illustration below.



Below is a description of the metrics that can be used to analyze the purchase items regarding the selected category.

Metric

Description

Base

Number of items

The number of unique purchase order items that are processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process , i.e. have a maverick buying tag.

Purchase order items

Percentage of items

The percentage of purchase order items that are processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process, i.e. have a maverick buying tag.

Purchase order items

Avg. item value

The average value of the purchase order items that are processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process, i.e. have a maverick buying tag.

Purchase order items

Total item value

Sum of the value of the purchase order items that are processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process, i.e. have a maverick buying tag.

Purchase order items

Note: The selected metric applies to all the charts in the Compliance - Maverick buying dashboard

Maverick buying process

The process graph displays the process for purchase order items regarding maverick buying.



Note: Purchase order items that do not have a Maverick buying tag are taken into account. When the number displayed on an edge is 0, this means there are no purchase order items that have a Maverick buying tag. See the illustration below.
Purchase order items that do not have a Maverick buying tag are taken into account. When the number displayed on an edge is 0, this means there are no purchase order items that have a Maverick buying tag. See the illustration below.


Process graph metrics

You can select a different metric from the metric selector to display the process graph based on a different metric. Below is a description of the available metrics.

Metric

Description

Base

Number of items

The number of unique cases.

Purchase order items

Avg. item value

The average value of the purchase order items that are processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process, i.e. have a maverick buying tag.

Purchase order items

Total item value

Sum of the value of the purchase order items that are processed outside the regular Purchase-to-Pay process, i.e. have a maverick buying tag.

Purchase order items

Number of items

The number of unique purchase order items that have a maverick buying tag, within the selected period.

Maverick buying

Note: You can use the Detail slider to change the number of activities and/or edges shown.

Submitting automation ideas

When you identify a step in the Purchase-to-Pay process that might reduce maverick buying when it would be automated, you can send a request to automate the activity to UiPath Automation Hub. You can do this directly from the process graph. See Sending automation ideas to UiPath Automation Hub for more information.



Note: This function is only available if UiPath Process Mining is set up for integration with UiPath Automation Hub.
  • Compliance - Maverick buying
  • KPIs
  • Maverick buying tags
  • Metrics
  • Maverick buying process
  • Process graph metrics
  • Submitting automation ideas

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