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Total Failed Fulfillments Metric

How-to Guide

Author:

Holger Lierse

Changed on:

16 Sept 2025

Key Points

  • Number of fulfillments that failed during the fulfillment process (i.e. 100% rejection)

Steps

Step arrow right iconWhat it measures

Number of fulfillments that failed during the fulfillment process.

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Step arrow right iconWhen to use this metric

  • Identify systemic operational problems
  • Monitor the impact of process changes on failure rates
  • Assess location-specific quality issues
  • Track progress on operational improvement initiatives

Step arrow right iconHow to interpret

  • Good performance: Failed fulfillments should be a low %
  • Potential issues: Increasing failure rates indicate process or system problems
  • Benchmark guidance: Should trend toward zero; patterns need root cause analysis

Step arrow right iconKey considerations

  • Failed fulfillments require manual intervention and delay delivery
  • May indicate inventory accuracy, system, or training issues
  • Different failure types require different corrective actions

Step arrow right iconTechnical details

Formula: 

COUNT(fulfillments) where status = {FAILED_STATUS} within the selected time period

Configurable elements:

  • FAILED_STATUS: Status definitions for failed fulfillments