Manufacturing KPI Benchmark - 5 essential metrics, scored vs industry.
This tool scores 5 essential manufacturing KPIs (such as OEE, on-time delivery, scrap rate, and inventory turns) against typical industry ranges. Enter your numbers to see where you lead and where you lag.
You can't improve what you don't measure, and you can't know if you're good unless you compare. These 5 KPIs capture the operation. Scored against industry benchmarks with a composite score and a real $ opportunity number.
The 5 essential manufacturing KPIs
SimpleGrid surfaces every KPI from the event ledger - real-time, no manual compilation.
On-time delivery from shipment events. Scrap rate from NCR events. Turns from inventory and consumption events. Margin from job costing events. One source, no reconciliation.
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Manufacturers track dozens of metrics. These 5 capture the operation: on-time delivery (customer-facing), scrap rate (quality + cost), inventory turns (cash efficiency), gross margin (financial health), revenue per employee (operational productivity). Score against industry benchmarks and you know where you stand in 3 minutes.
Benchmark sources
- APICS/ASCM SCOR model - on-time delivery, inventory turns
- IndustryWeek Best Plants - scrap rate
- US Census Bureau Annual Survey of Manufactures - gross margin, revenue per employee
- Aberdeen Group - cross-cutting mid-market manufacturing data