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Total Expired Fulfillments Metric

Essential knowledge

Intended Audience:

Business User

Author:

Movyn John

Changed on:

20 Oct 2025

Overview

Learn about the Total Expired Fulfillments Metric in Fluent Analytics

Key points

  • Expired fulfillments often result in customer disappointment
  • May trigger automatic reassignment to other locations
  • Can indicate unrealistic SLA expectations or operational constraints

What it measures

Number of fulfillments that timed out (expired) before completion.

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When to use this metric

  • Identify capacity constraints and bottlenecks
  • Monitor fulfillment SLA compliance
  • Assess the need for operational process improvements
  • Evaluate timeout threshold appropriateness

How to interpret

  • Good performance: Low expired fulfillments % indicates healthy fulfillment location performance
  • Potential issues: High expiration rates indicate capacity or process problems
  • Benchmark guidance: Should trend toward zero; any pattern needs investigation

Technical details

Formula: 

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

Configuration:

  • STATUS_EXPIRED: Status definitions for expired fulfillments (default: EXPIRED)