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Last updated Oct 15, 2025

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.

Dashboard charts

The following table describes the dashboard charts of the Compliance - Maverick buying dashboard.
ChartDescription
DetailsEnables you to analyze the process variants in more detail.
TrendShows the metric values for the selected field over time, based on the creation date.
What does the process look like?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.
Which maverick buying tags occurShows the number of items for the different price categories.

Maverick buying tags

The following table describes 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.

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