Tracking business performance impact of optimized sourcing algorithms

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a processor device for optimizing order-fulfillment performance in an order fulfillment system, the program of instructions, when executing, performing the following steps:
• continuously monitoring, at the processor device, data from one or more real-time data streams,
• computing at the processor device, based on said data from said one or more real-time data streams, a performance indicator value associated with fulfilling an order for a product in the order fulfillment system;
• evaluating, at the processor device said computed performance indicator value against a predetermined value associated with that performance indicator, said alert signal indicating a specific issue type associated with one or more operations performed to fulfill the product order;
• automatically generating, by said processor device, an alert signal responsive to a computed performance indicator evaluated as one of:
• not achieving said predetermined value or exceeding said predetermined value for that performance indicator, said alert signal indicating a specific issue type associated with one or more operations performed to fulfill the product order;
• selecting a root cause analyzer device from among a plurality of root cause analyzer devices, said selected root cause analyzer device associated for real-time diagnosing the specific issue type;
• communicating said alert signal to the selected root cause analyzer device to analyze a cause for said performance indicator one of:
• not achieving said predetermined value or exceeding said predetermined value for that performance indicator;
• triggering, in response to receiving the alert signal, a root cause analysis processing at said selected root cause analyzer device to conduct real-time root cause analysis processing thereat;
• obtaining relevant data from one or more storage devices storing data used for said root cause analysis performed at the selected root cause analyzer device;
• determining, at the selected root cause analyzer device, a root cause analysis result for the performance indicator, said root cause analysis result indicating a deficiency or failure of an operation associated with fulfilling the order in a geographic region;
• and
• providing in real time, via a user interface device, a visualization of said root cause analysis results from the selected root cause analysis device, said visualization indicating a recommendation based on said deficiency or failure to improve an order fulfillment operation in the geographic region,
• wherein a selected root cause analyzer device from among a plurality of root cause analyzer devices comprises a processor device configured to perform a shipment cost analysis on historical data of shipped orders to a store;
• and
• based on said shipment cost analysis on historical data, said program of instructions further configuring said processor device to provide, via said user interface device, a real-time heat map visualization depicting average zones at a store level representing an average number of shipment zones orders from a store must travel to reach an order destination;
• and
• using said heat map visualization to determine a store location associated within a particular zone indicated in said heat map to be stocked with additional product inventory for optimizing order fulfillment within the geographic region.