Pareto Chart for Visualize On-time Delivery

Use Pareto Chart to visualize the common reasons for late deliveries.

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

Example

On-time delivery is the proportion of orders that arrive on schedule. To calculate on-time delivery rate, divide the total number of on-time deliveries by the total number of deliveries.

In this worksheet, Problem contains the reasons for a late delivery. Carrier is the optional grouping variable. You can also use a frequency column.

C1-T	C2-T
`Problem`	`Carrier`
Incorrect shipping address	Speedy Shipping
Late from warehouse	Global Delivery
Vehicle breakdown	Speedy Shipping
Weather	Global Delivery

How-to

Choose Solutions Modules > Functions > Supply Chain KPIs, then select Launch.
Under Delivery, select On-time delivery.
Select Visualize on-time delivery, then click OK.
Select Pareto Chart, then click OK.
In Defects or attribute data in, enter the column that contains the reasons for the late delivery.
(Optional) In Frequencies in, enter the column that contains the counts of the summary data.
(Optional) In BY variable in, enter the column that contains the group identifiers.
Click OK.

Tip

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