Defining a Summary of Supplier Performance Information

You can review a summary of performance information to compare suppliers' costs and services for a certain item. Before you can review this information, you must define the performance factors that you want to compare, such as:

• The average unit cost for an item.

• The last cost you paid for an item.

• The percentage of on-time deliveries.

• The average number of days that it takes to deliver the item (lead time).

You must set up a column for each performance factor that you want to review. You must specify the title of the column, values, and calculations. You can also specify the decimal placement and number format, and you can assign help text.

You can create formats to review multiple performance factors (columns). You can assign up to four columns to a format. You can also create paths so that you can scroll through multiple formats. After you set up columns, formats, and paths, you can assign them to the Work With Supplier Analysis Summary form.