OTIF

Category: Operations

Also searched as: On-time in-full

Definition (plain English)

On-Time In-Full measures whether orders arrive by the agreed time and with the full ordered quantity, usually by order, line, or value.

Why it matters commercially

OTIF is a customer-service and penalty-risk metric that connects supplier reliability, freight execution, warehouse readiness, and stock planning.

Example

A retailer charged penalties because containers arrived on time but only 86% of ordered cases were available after damage and short shipments.

Common mistake

Reporting OTIF without agreeing the delivery window, quantity tolerance, partial shipment rule, customer fault exclusions, and evidence source.

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