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Supplier/Vendor Rating Tab

Use this tab to assign or review supplier/vendor ratings for suppliers/vendors associated with the contract.

You can use the fields on this tab to evaluate the performance of suppliers/vendors, and rank them based on their rating. You enter the scores on the Supplier/Vendor Rating subtask on the following evaluation areas:

  • Responsiveness/Innovation
  • Customer Service, Quality and Delivery
  • Financial
  • Relationship

If supplier/vendor ratings were completed in Manage Subcontracts and that subcontract record is linked to the contract through the contract ID, those supplier/vendor ratings will be displayed on this tab as read-only records. If this tab does not display any record, you must enter a vendor and save the record before you can enter rating values on the Supplier/Vendor Rating subtask.

You can enter multiple records for the same supplier/vendor under one contract ID for different Date Reviewed values. However, the vendor/project/date reviewed combination must be unique for the contract ID for you to be able to save the record.

Click New to add a new line.

Note: The ratings on this tab are specific to the contract record. If you want to view consolidated supplier/vendor ratings for a specific supplier/vendor that is associated with multiple contract/subcontract records, use the Supplier/Vendor Rating tab on the Manage Contract Management Vendor Info screen.

Table Window

Field Description
Subcontractor/Vendor ID Enter, or click to select, the supplier/vendor who is working on the contract. Only active vendors are allowed for entry or selection. Prospective vendors must be approved before they can be used in this field.
Subcontractor/Vendor Name This field displays the supplier/vendor name.
Date Reviewed This field defaults to the system date, but you can change it. Enter, or click to select, the date the supplier/vendor was reviewed.
Total Score This field displays the total numeric score for the supplier/vendor. Costpoint calculates this value as the sum of all the scores entered on the Supplier/Vendor Rating subtask for the vendor for a specific project and review date. If there are no values on the Supplier/Vendor Rating subtask for the vendor/project/date reviewed combination, this field displays 0. This value can exceed 100.
Percent

This field displays the rating of the supplier/vendor in percent for a specific project and review date. Costpoint calculates this value using the Total Score value and the highest possible total score on the Supplier/Vendor Rating subtask given the top score set up on the Manage Supplier Vendor Rating Codes screen.

For example, if there are 15 of 20 defined rating fields and the top score is 8, the highest rating is 120 (15 x 8). If Total Score is 60, then Percent is 50% (60 / 120).

Note: The number of defined rating fields is equivalent to the number of Description Codes with a corresponding Description on the Manage Supplier Vendor Rating Descriptions screen. These defined rating fields are displayed on the Supplier/Vendor Rating subtask.

If multiple suppliers/vendors are associated with the contract, you can use this field to determine their ranking and compare their performance.

Project ID Enter, or click to select, the project the supplier/vendor is working on.
Project Name This field displays the project name.
Products/Services Provided Enter notes regarding the type of products or services provided by the supplier/vendor.

Subtask

Subtask Description
Supplier/Vendor Rating Use this subtask to enter performance ratings for the supplier/vendor.