Vendor Evaluation

The vendor evaluation belongs primarily to the purchasing area. Its functions
and the relevant Customizing can therefore be found in the SAP purchasing
component.
The QM component contributes to the calculation of the criterion "Quality".
Quality as a Criterion in the Vendor Evaluation
The main criterion quality contains the automatically valuated subcriteria goods receipt, audit and complaints.

Goods Receipt (GR)

The goods receipt score is calculated from the quality score (QSc) for
the inspection lots, according to the following formula:
QSc = (S1 + S2) / (n1 + n2)
S1 = Sum of quality scores for the inspection lots
n1 = Number of inspection lots
n2 = Number of deliveries for materials with a quality
information record, for which no inspection lots exist.
S2 = n2 * QScmax

you can break down the GR score for the vendor according to the
material and the inspection type.
Audit:

The audit score is either the average quality score for the audits or is
made up of the quality scores for the most recent audits. You can also
enter an audit score manually.
Complaints/Rejections:
The complaints score is calculated from the number of complaints
against the vendor, according to the following formula:
QSc = QScmin + (QScmax - QScmin) * (1 - (N * K) / (F * U))
QSc = QScmin if (N * K) > (F * U)
QScmin = Lower limit for QSc
QKZmax = Upper limit for QSc
N
= Number of Q-notifications in the applicability period
K
= Estimated nonconformity costs

F
U

= Share of business volume for QSc calculation

= Sales of the vendor in the applicability period

Activities
Refer to the following sections of the IMG for the required Customizing work
steps:

Materials Management/Purchasing Vendor Evaluation

o

Weighting Key

Criteria

Purchasing Organization Data

Quality Management/Basic Settings/ Settings at Client Level

Quality Score Areas

Quality Management/Quality Inspection/Inspection Lot Completion/

1. Applicability Period
Definition

Period in calendar days within which data is to be taken into

consideration for vendor evaluation purposes
Examples

If you enter the value 150 here, the system will take into account
data from the past 150 days for vendor evaluation purposes. Data
that is more than 150 days old will not be included in the
evaluation process.
Use
The applicability period is not taken into account with respect to all vendor
evaluation criteria:

The applicability period is taken into consideration as described in the

example when the scores for the following criteria are computed:
o

GR lots

Complaints level

Semi-automatic criteria

The applicability period is not taken into consideration for the following
criteria:
o

Price level

Price history

If new data is available within the applicability period for the following
criteria, all data is applied for evaluation purposes. If no data is
available, these criteria are not rated:
o

Quantity reliability

On-time delivery performance

Variance from shipping notification

Shipping instructions

Quality audit

Timeliness of service provision

Quality of service provision