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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/ff/procurement/procurement_ff_vendor_rating" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Purchase vendor rating</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e438140">
         <Level1>Functions and features</Level1>
         <Level2>purchase vendor rating</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e438145">
         <Level1>Purchase vendor rating</Level1>
         <Level2>functions and features</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <AimSection ID="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000079#aim_procurement_vendor_rating_overview">
         <Paragraph>If multiple purchase business partners are available from whom
		you can purchase raw materials and supplies, you can choose whom to give the
		business to. To make wise choices, having criteria to rate business partners
		and keep track of how they perform can aid in this process. The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#VendorRating_td" role="glossary">vendor rating</Link> procedure enables you to
		measure the performance of vendors based on a rating.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000252" role="glossary" Update="No">Objective criteria</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000249" role="glossary" Update="No">subjective criteria</Link> can be used to calculate
		vendor ratings. The objective criteria are ratings generated by ERP Enterprise since they only depend
		on present data and a weighting factor. The subjective criteria ratings are
		based on manually specified data. The overall vendor rating is calculated by ERP Enterprise.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>Carrying out the vendor rating procedure results in ratings
		based on which you can decide if you want to purchase from a
		vendor.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000080" role="manual">Setting up vendor ratings</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Before you can use the vendor rating procedure, you must
		  specify the vendor rating parameters, objective scoring schemes, subjective
		  criteria, subjective values, and a classification scheme.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000090" role="manual">Calculating vendor ratings</Link>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>To calculate the vendor ratings after orders are processed and
		  questionnaires are compiled, you must update the vendor ratings. You can do a
		  net update or a full update of the vendor ratings.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>