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Item Rejection Rate Metric

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Intended Audience:

Business User

Author:

Movyn John

Changed on:

19 Jan 2026

Overview

Learn about the Item Rejection Rate Metric in Fluent Analytics

Key points

  • High rejection rates directly impact customer satisfaction and delivery times
  • May indicate overselling or poor inventory management
  • Location-specific patterns can reveal operational inefficiencies

What it measures

Average time from order assignment to fulfillment completion for orders created in the selected time period and are in a complete status.No alt provided

When to use this metric

  • Identify fulfillment locations with operational issues
  • Monitor inventory accuracy problems
  • Assess the impact of product availability on customer experience
  • Evaluate location performance and capacity management

How to interpret

  • Good performance: A lower rejection rate indicates healthy operations
  • Potential issues: Higher rates suggest inventory inaccuracy or capacity problems
  • Benchmark guidance: Monitor trends rather than absolute numbers; sudden spikes need investigation

Technical details

Domain:`fulfilment`Formula: 
(SUM(fulfillment.items.rejectedQuantity where fulfilment.status not in {EXCLUDED_STATUSES} / SUM(fulfillment.items.requestedQuantity where fulfilment.status not in {EXCLUDED_STATUSES})) * 100
within the selected time period
 Reference Filter Parameters:
  • `fulfilment.created_date`: Filters the metric to fulfillments created within the selected time period
  • `fulfilment.status`: {EXCLUDED_STATUSES} - Status definitions for fulfilments not to include (DEFAULT: `-CANCELLED,-CREATED,-SCHEDULED,-PROCESSING,-"AWAITING_WAVE",-ASSIGNED`)
  • `from_location.ref`: Filters the metric to fulfillments assigned to the selected location
  • `retailer.ref`: Filters the metric to fulfillments from the selected retailer
Note: Conditional Status is not provided for this rate due to the fact that we are calculating based on the rejected  and requested quantity of fulfilment items, which only makes sense if we use the same set of fulfilments for both sides of the formula.