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Metrics type: Supporting Metrics • Category: Ecommerce Platform

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At a glance

Aggregate gross margin compression alert: when GM% drops >2pp vsP, fire alert.

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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.

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Worked example

GM% 26.5 → 23.7, -2.8pp, alert fires. Drill into Margin Erosion Alerts for SKU drivers.

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Sibling cards merchants should reference together

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Reconciling against the vendor’s own dashboard

Where to look: Vortex IQ-derived alert.

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Known limitations / merchant FAQs

Threshold tunable? Yes.

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Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre

Margin Compression is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across Oracle ERP Cloud and 70+ other ecommerce connectors. Nerve Centre runs the detection layer; Vortex Mind investigates the cause when something moves; Ask Viq lets you interrogate any number in plain English. Start for free or book a demo to see this metric running on your own data.