Understanding Supplier Performance Information

You can review performance information to determine which suppliers are most likely to provide you with the best costs and services for an item. Performance information includes the quality of service that is provided by a supplier for a certain item and the costs charged by the supplier.

You can review supplier performance information that is specific to:

• Delivery of an item.

• Acceptability of an item.

• Cost of an item.

You can also review a summary of performance information for all suppliers who provide a specific item. For example, you can compare the average unit cost and lead time (average number of days to deliver an item) for all suppliers who provide you with Item A.

To store performance information, you must set processing options for the Purchase Orders program (P4310), PO Receipts program (P4312), A/P Standard Voucher Entry program (P0411), and Voucher Match program (P4314) to capture supplier analysis information.

The system retrieves supplier performance information from the F43090 and F43121 tables.