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Mean landed cost across SKUs (purchase + duty + freight + handling). Rising trend indicates margin compression upstream.

At a glance

Mean landed cost per unit across SKUs (purchase + duty + freight + handling). Rising trend indicates margin compression upstream.
What it countsAVG(landed_unit_cost) from Oracle Landed Cost Management module.
CurrencyReporting ledger.
Time window30D vsP
Alert triggerup >10% vsP
Sentiment keylanded_cost
Rolesowner, finance, operations

Calculation

Calculated automatically from your Oracle ERP Cloud data. See the At a glance summary above for what the metric tracks and the worked example below for a typical reading.

Worked example

30D avg landed cost moved from 32.40to32.40 to 35.80 (+10.5%). Hits the alert. Drill: freight component up 18% (carrier rate increases); duty up 3%; purchase price flat. Action: pricing review needed to pass through cost increase.

Sibling cards merchants should reference together

CardWhy pair
Landed Cost Variance vs Standardvs plan.
Margin Erosion AlertsMargin consequence.
Gross Margin %Aggregate effect.

Reconciling against the vendor’s own dashboard

Where to look in Oracle ERP Cloud:
Cost Management → Landed Cost Management → Manage Charges OTBI → Cost Management Real Time
Cross-connector reconciliation: Internal Oracle metric.

Known limitations / merchant FAQs

LCM module required? Yes for full landed cost. Without LCM the card sums purchase price only. Multi-currency import? Each cost component translated to ledger currency.

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