Average days from Sales Order creation to Invoice issued. Reflects fulfilment + billing-cycle health.
At a glance
Average days from Sales Order creation to AutoInvoice posting. Captures the fulfilment plus billing-cycle health. The cycle time that drives Revenue Gap vs Commerce AutoInvoice Pending bucket.
| What it counts | AVG(invoice_date minus so_creation_date) for SOs that AutoInvoiced in the window. |
| Tax treatment | n/a (cycle-time metric). |
| Time window | 30D vsP |
| Alert trigger | >7 days OR up >2 vsP |
| Sentiment key | so_to_invoice |
| Roles | owner, 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
A US Fortune 500 distributor on Oracle ERP Cloud. 30D window 14 Mar 26 to 12 Apr 26.| This period | Prior period | |
|---|---|---|
| Average SO-to-Invoice lead time | 5.8 days | 5.2 days |
| Median | 4 days | 4 days |
| 90th percentile | 14 days | 12 days |
- 5.8 days average vs 7-day alert threshold. Healthy.
- vsP up 0.6 days, below the 2-day jump. Watching but not alarming.
- Median 4 days = half the orders flow through in 4 days.
- 90th percentile 14 days = the long tail of complex orders / B2B holds.
- Drill into long-tail for the orders dragging the average up.
Sibling cards merchants should reference together
| Card | Why pair |
|---|---|
| Open Sales Order Value | Forward book. |
| Sales Orders Blocked | Why cycle time is rising. |
| Revenue Gap vs Commerce | Lead time drives AutoInvoice Pending. |
Reconciling against the vendor’s own dashboard
Where to look in Oracle ERP Cloud:OTBI → Order Management + Receivables custom analysis joining SO and Invoice datesWhy our number may legitimately differ:
| Reason | Direction | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Date convention | Either | Booking vs creation vs scheduling. |