Top 10 Short Picked Products Metric
Essential knowledge
Intended Audience:
Business User
Author:
Movyn John
Changed on:
13 Nov 2025
Overview
Learn about the Top 10 Short Picked Products Metric in Fluent Analytics
Key points
- Short picks directly impact customer satisfaction
- May indicate demand forecasting errors or supply chain issues
- Product-specific patterns can guide targeted improvements
What it measures
Top 10 products with the highest volume of corrected inventory within the time period.
When to use this metric
- Identify products with chronic availability issues
- Guide inventory planning and safety stock decisions
- Assess demand forecasting accuracy for specific products
- Prioritize inventory management improvement efforts
How to interpret
- Good performance: Short-pick patterns are predictable and manageable
- Potential issues: Frequent short-picks indicate inventory planning problems
- Benchmark guidance: Should trend toward zero for strategic products
Technical details
Formula:
SUM(inventoryQuantity.qty) where type = {CORRECTION_TYPE}
grouped by product,
ordered by SUM DESC,
limited to top 10
within the selected time period
Configuration:
- TYPE_CORRECTION: Type definitions for inventory quantity sales (default: SALE)
Reference Parameters:
`retailer.ref`: Filters the metric to inventory positions from the selected retailer`location.ref`: Filters the metric to inventory positions for the selected location
