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   <Header>
      <Title>Setting up vendor ratings</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1603872">
         <Level1>Vendor rating</Level1>
         <Level2>setting up</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>Before you can use the vendor rating procedure, you must
		complete a number of steps.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <ProcedureSection>
      <Steps>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4100s000" role="session">Business Partner (tccom4100s000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Vendor ratings are calculated for business partners that
				have the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4120s000#tccom120.vryn" role="manual">Vendor Rating</GUIRef> check box selected for the various
				business partner roles. You can select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4120s000#tccom120.vryn" role="manual">Vendor Rating</GUIRef> check boxes in the following
				business-partner role sub-sessions that you can start from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4100s000" role="session">Business Partner (tccom4100s000)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4120s000" role="session">Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000)</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4121s000" role="session">Ship-from Business Partner (tccom4121s000)</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4122s000" role="session">Invoice-from Business Partner (tccom4122s000)</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4124s000" role="session">Pay-to Business Partner (tccom4124s000)</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800" role="session">Vendor Rating Parameters (tdpur0100m800)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Use this session to specify the following:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Weightings for the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000252" role="glossary" Update="No">objective criteria</Link>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>The method to calculate the overall vendor rating, which
				can be <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.smth.8#moveaverage" role="option">Moving Average</GUIRef>, or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.smth.8#factor" role="option">Smoothing Factor</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>The basis or value on which the weighting of the vendor
				rating criteria takes place</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PeriodTable_td" role="glossary">period table</Link> that is used for vendor rating</ListItem>
            </List>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8195m000" role="session">Vendor Rating Objective Scoring Scheme (tdpur8195m000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Use the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8195m000" role="session">Vendor Rating Objective Scoring Scheme (tdpur8195m000)</Link> session to create the
			 scheme of values for the objective criteria that are set in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800" role="session">Vendor Rating Parameters (tdpur0100m800)</GUIRef> session. An objective criterion is a
			 criterion for which the score is calculated directly from the data in the
			 system.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>You must specify the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8195m000" role="session">Vendor Rating Objective Scoring Scheme (tdpur8195m000)</GUIRef> session only if the following
				check boxes are selected in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800" role="session">Vendor Rating Parameters (tdpur0100m800)</GUIRef> session:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800#tdpur000.dtmt.8" role="manual">Delivery Time</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800#tdpur000.dqtt.8" role="manual">Delivery Quantity</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800#tdpur000.dqlt.8" role="manual">Delivery Quality</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800#tdpur000.ocft.8" role="manual">Order Confirmation</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
               <ListItem>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800#tdpur000.cprt.8" role="manual">Cost Performance</GUIRef>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>If these check boxes are cleared in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800" role="session">Vendor Rating Parameters (tdpur0100m800)</GUIRef> session, ERP Enterprise rates the
			 concerning objective values on a linear basis. In other words, if the objective
			 scoring schemes are not used to convert objective values to rating percentages,
			 a linear relationship exists between value and rating. As a result, ERP Enterprise automatically
			 calculates the rating for each objective criterion.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8190m000" role="session">Vendor Rating Subjective Criteria (tdpur8190m000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>If you want to use additional criteria to calculate vendor
			 ratings besides the objective criteria specified in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800" role="session">Vendor Rating Parameters (tdpur0100m800)</GUIRef> session, you must specify subjective
			 criteria in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8190m000" role="session">Vendor Rating Subjective Criteria (tdpur8190m000)</Link> session. Subjective criteria
			 are criteria that are based on user judgements from a questionnaire, which you
			 can print in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8454m000" role="session">Vendor Rating Questionnaires (tdpur8454m000)</Link> and for
			 which you can enter the results in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8193m000" role="session">Questionnaire Results (tdpur8193m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>You can use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8452m000" role="session">Business Partners without Questionnaire (tdpur8452m000)</GUIRef> session to print the business
			 partners who do not have vendor rating questionnaire results for the specified
			 year or the period combination.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8192m000" role="session">Vendor Rating Subjective Values (tdpur8192m000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>To use subjective criteria, you must specify values to give
			 to vendors on the subjective criteria. You can specify these values in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8192m000" role="session">Vendor Rating Subjective Values (tdpur8192m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
         <Step>
            <StepTitle>
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8194m000" role="session">Vendor Classification Scheme (tdpur8194m000)</GUIRef>
            </StepTitle>
            <Paragraph>Once all the criteria are used to calculate and get an
			 overall rating for a vendor, a classification scheme can equate the overall
			 rating to a classification. Use the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8194m000" role="session">Vendor Classification Scheme (tdpur8194m000)</Link> session to specify a
			 classification scheme.</Paragraph>
         </Step>
      </Steps>
   </ProcedureSection>
   <Note>
      <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>To calculate the vendor ratings, you must update the vendor
		ratings in the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8850m000" role="session" Update="No">Update Vendor Rating (tdpur8850m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
   </Note>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000079" role="manual">Overview of vendor rating</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000090" role="manual">Calculating vendor ratings</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>