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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000087" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>To update overall vendor rating</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1653295">
         <Level1>Vendor rating</Level1>
         <Level2>updating overall vendor rating</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1653300">
         <Level1>Vendor rating</Level1>
         <Level2>calculating overall vendor rating</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1653305">
         <Level1>Overall vendor rating</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>If you do a full update
		of the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#VendorRating_td" role="glossary">vendor ratings</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8850m000" role="session">Update Vendor Rating (tdpur8850m000)</GUIRef> session, the calculation of the overall vendor
		rating for each <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#BusinePartne_tc" role="glossary">business partner</Link> is the
		fourth stage in the vendor rating calculation procedure.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The following methods, which you specify in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800#tdpur000.smth.8" role="manual" Update="No">Methods/Factors</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800" role="session">Vendor Rating Parameters (tdpur0100m800)</GUIRef> session, are used to calculate the overall
		  vendor ratings:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.smth.8#moveaverage" role="option">Moving Average</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For more information,
		  refer to <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Moving average</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.smth.8#factor" role="option">Smoothing Factor</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For more information,
		  refer to <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000089" role="manual">Smoothing factor</Link>.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The overall vendor
		rating is calculated by the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8850m000" role="session">Update Vendor Rating (tdpur8850m000)</GUIRef> session and displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m000" role="session">Vendor Ratings by Period (tdpur8102m000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m100" role="session">Vendor Ratings by Criterion (tdpur8102m100)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Before ERP Enterprise calculates the overall
		vendor rating, the period rating for the newest business partner/period
		combination is calculated. ERP Enterprise calculates the period rating for the
		business partner/period combination as follows:</Paragraph>
      <Formula space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <Paragraph>
Period rating = sum (CR * AW)
</Paragraph>
         <FigLegend>
            <LegendEntry>
               <Symbol>CR</Symbol>
               <Desc>Both the objective ratings and the subjective ratings for the newest business partner/period 
combination are taken into account. The objective ratings are retrieved from 
the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8106m000" role="session">Objective Ratings (tdpur8106m000)</GUIRef> session and the subjective ratings 
from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m000" role="session">Vendor Ratings by Period (tdpur8102m000)</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m100" role="session">Vendor Ratings by Criterion (tdpur8102m100)</GUIRef> sessions.</Desc>
            </LegendEntry>
            <LegendEntry>
               <Symbol>AW</Symbol>
               <Desc>The actual weightings are calculated in the first stage of the calculate/update vendor rating
procedure. The objective criteria weightings are retrieved from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800" role="session">Vendor Rating Parameters (tdpur0100m800)</GUIRef> session and the subjective 
criteria weightings from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8190m000" role="session">Vendor Rating Subjective Criteria (tdpur8190m000)</GUIRef> session.</Desc>
            </LegendEntry>
         </FigLegend>
      </Formula>
      <ExampleSection>
         <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The following criteria apply to a business partner in the
		  newest period:</Paragraph>
         <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
            <TBODY noTR="5">
               <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                  <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Criterion</TH>
                  <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Rating</TH>
                  <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Actual Weighting</TH>
               </TR>
               <TR no="2" isLast="false">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Delivery time</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">90</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">30%</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="3" isLast="false">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Quality</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">80</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">40%</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="4" isLast="false">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Customer Service</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">50</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">20%</TD>
               </TR>
               <TR no="5" isLast="true">
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Delivery Service</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">70</TD>
                  <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">10%</TD>
               </TR>
            </TBODY>
         </TABLE>
         <Paragraph>The period rating for this business partner/period combination
		  is calculated as follows:</Paragraph>
         <Formula space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
            <Paragraph>Overall rating = (90 * 30%) + (80 * 40%) + (50 * 20%) + 
                (70 * 10%) = 76%</Paragraph>
         </Formula>
         <List>
            <ListIntro> ERP Enterprise writes the results of this calculation to the following sessions:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem> 
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m000" role="session">Vendor Ratings by Period (tdpur8102m000)</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m100" role="session">Vendor Ratings by Criterion (tdpur8102m100)</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>In this case the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m000#tdpur802.ctyp" role="manual">Criteria Type</GUIRef> field
		  and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m000#tdpur802.crit" role="manual">Criteria</GUIRef> field are
		  empty in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m000" role="session">Vendor Ratings by Period (tdpur8102m000)</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8102m100" role="session">Vendor Ratings by Criterion (tdpur8102m100)</GUIRef> sessions to make clear that the displayed
		  vendor rating is the overall rating for the business partner/period
		  combination.</Paragraph>
      </ExampleSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000090" role="manual">Calculating vendor ratings</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Moving average</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000089" role="manual">Smoothing factor</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000079" role="manual">Overview of vendor rating</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>