Scatterplot for Visualize Relationships With Days Sales Outstanding

Use Scatterplot to visualize days sales outstanding versus one continuous variable.

This example applies to the Supply Chain Module. For more information, go to www.minitab.com/supply-chain-module.

Example

Days sales outstanding (DSO) is the average number of days to collect payment for a sale.

In this worksheet, DSO is the Y variable, and Average Billing is the X variable.

C1 C2
DSO Average Billing
38 12
22 9
36 14
35 10

How-to

  1. Choose Solutions Modules > Functions > Supply Chain KPIs, then select Launch.
  2. Under Cycle Time, select Days sales outstanding.
  3. Select Visualize relationships with days sales outstanding, then click OK.
  4. Select Scatterplot, then click OK.
  5. In Y variables, enter the column that contains the days sales outstanding data.
  6. In X variables, enter a corresponding column that might explain or predict changes in the days sales outstanding.
  7. Click OK.
Tip

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