diff --git a/inventory-server/scripts/metrics/vendor-metrics.js b/inventory-server/scripts/metrics/vendor-metrics.js
index 33b9f5c..442ff41 100644
--- a/inventory-server/scripts/metrics/vendor-metrics.js
+++ b/inventory-server/scripts/metrics/vendor-metrics.js
@@ -94,15 +94,25 @@ async function calculateVendorMetrics(startTime, totalProducts, processedCount =
             const [batch] = await connection.query(`
                 SELECT DISTINCT v.vendor 
                 FROM vendor_details v
-                    FORCE INDEX (PRIMARY)
-                    LEFT JOIN products p FORCE INDEX (idx_vendor) ON p.vendor = v.vendor AND p.updated > ?
-                    LEFT JOIN purchase_orders po FORCE INDEX (idx_vendor) ON po.vendor = v.vendor AND po.updated > ?
                 WHERE v.status = 'active'
                   AND v.vendor > ?
-                  AND (p.pid IS NOT NULL OR po.po_id IS NOT NULL)
+                  AND (
+                      EXISTS (
+                          SELECT 1 
+                          FROM products p 
+                          WHERE p.vendor = v.vendor 
+                          AND p.updated > ?
+                      )
+                      OR EXISTS (
+                          SELECT 1 
+                          FROM purchase_orders po 
+                          WHERE po.vendor = v.vendor 
+                          AND po.updated > ?
+                      )
+                  )
                 ORDER BY v.vendor 
                 LIMIT ?
-            `, [lastCalculationTime, lastCalculationTime, lastVendor, BATCH_SIZE]);
+            `, [lastVendor, lastCalculationTime, lastCalculationTime, BATCH_SIZE]);
 
             if (batch.length === 0) break;