The Urgency column, as shown in the below image, shows the relative urgency of each order. The icon indicator (the red warning triangles) shows the urgency of order placement - the more red triangles, the more urgent the placement of the order is.
The rating takes into consideration the ratio of Stocked out, Potential stock outs and OK items from a supplier relative to other suppliers.
For example, Abc Warehouse Kitting Order on the below image has 5 icons (red warning triangles) which would then indicate that the supplier has a lot more stocked out and/or potential stock out items as compared with other suppliers, such as Om55 Trading Fzc who has an urgency indicator of 2 icons.
Upon creating each of the orders from the suppliers, the below was discovered:
On the order for Abc Warehouse Kitting Order, there were 20 items with the Stock out status and 4 items with the Potential stock out status
On the order for Om55 Trading Fzc, there were 4 items with the Stock out status and 2 items with the Potential stock out status
The actual number of critical items may differ from day to day from supplier to supplier, but the indication of the relative urgency of each supplier compared with other suppliers will remain consistent.
Tip: Sort by the Urgency column to get an indication of which orders to action first.