Purchase Report
Visibility into purchasing behavior and order flow across operators, distributors, and products to support forecasting and demand planning.
What Is the Purchase Report?
The Purchase Report surfaces upstream purchasing data at the invoice line-item level. Each row represents a single product purchased through a specific distributor and DC, tied to an operator and invoice number. This level of detail makes it the right report for demand planning, supplier coordination, and investigating specific order activity across any combination of distributor, operator, manufacturer, or product.
Reading the Report
The report is presented as a detailed table. Each row contains the following columns:
Operator — The operator organization that placed the order.
Distributor — The distribution company that fulfilled the order.
Manufacturer — The manufacturer of the product purchased.
NDA # — The internal NDA product identifier.
DC Item # — The distributor's internal item number for the product.
MFG # — The manufacturer's item number.
Item — The product name or description.
Pack Size — The size or quantity the product is packaged in.
Brand — The brand label associated with the product.
UPC — Universal Product Code.
GTIN — Global Trade Item Number.
Invoice Number — The distributor's invoice identifier for this transaction.
Invoice Date — The date the invoice was issued.
Ordered Cases — The number of cases ordered on this line item.
Delivered Cases — The number of cases actually delivered.
Sales Amount — The total dollar value of this line item.
A Total row at the bottom of the table summarizes ordered cases, delivered cases, and total sales amount across all visible records.
How to Use It
The Purchase Report is most useful for:
Demand planning and forecasting — Reviewing historical order volume by product, operator, or distributor to anticipate future purchasing needs.
Supplier coordination — Identifying products where ordered cases consistently exceed delivered cases, signaling potential supply constraints that need to be addressed with a distributor.
Invoice-level investigation — Drilling into specific invoices to verify order details, quantities, and pricing.
Product performance tracking — Monitoring which products are being ordered most frequently and in what volumes across the operator base.
Filters
The Purchase Report has one of the most robust filter sets in Analytics, allowing you to slice the data across many dimensions:
Distributor — Filter to one or more specific distributors.
DC — Narrow to a specific distribution center.
Operator — Focus on a specific operator's purchasing activity.
Unit — Drill down to a specific operator location.
DC Customer # — Filter by the distributor's customer number.
Manufacturer — Limit results to products from a specific manufacturer.
Category — Filter by product category.
DC Item # — Search for a specific distributor item number.
Dimensions — Select specific data dimensions to include.
Metrics — Choose which metrics are displayed.
Date Range — Set a custom start and end date.
Operator POD # — Filter by operator purchase order number.
NDA # — Search by NDA product identifier.
MFG # — Filter by manufacturer item number.
Last Updated
Friday, April 10, 2026