Supply Chain › Procurement Control
Vendor Evaluation Criteria
What responses will be compared on, and how much each counts — declared before any response is opened. Criteria chosen afterwards are criteria chosen to fit the preferred answer.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Purchasing
- Section: Procurement Control
- Screen: Vendor Evaluation Criteria
Address in the console: /scm/rfx-criteria
List · 9 columns · 10 fields on its form · 3 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Event | Code | rfx_no |
| Title | Text | rfx_title |
| Code | Code | code |
| Criterion | Text | name |
| Scored from | Status | criterion_kind |
| Weight % | Number | weight_pct |
| More is better | Yes or no | higher_is_better |
| Out of | Number | max_score |
| Must pass | Yes or no | is_mandatory |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourcing event required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Code required | Text | ||
| Criterion required | Text | ||
| Scored from | Choice | price, delivery, quality, technical, performance, payment_terms, lead_time, capacity, certification, manual | Price, delivery, lead time and payment terms are scored from what the vendor quoted. The rest are a person’s judgement, marked under Evaluate on the criteria. |
| Weight % | Number | ||
| More is better | Yes or no | Off for a price or a lead time, where less is better. | |
| Out of | Number | ||
| A vendor failing this is non-compliant | Yes or no | ||
| What it means | Long text | ||
| Order | Number |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.