Specifying criteria and criteria sets for RFQs

You can compare and rank response lines based on the objective and subjective criteria specified for the criteria set that is linked to the RFQ.

Objective criteria are tracked by Infor LN, whereas subjective criteria are user-defined. When comparing response lines, Infor LN considers all the objective and subjective criteria for the RFQ, including the user specified weightings, to calculate a total score for the response lines. Consequently, the response lines can be ranked.

To use criteria to evaluate responses:

  1. Specify criteria sets in the RFQ Criteria Sets (tdpur1190m000) session. A criteria set is a list of RFQ criterions that can be linked to an RFQ header. The responses are evaluated based on these criteria.
  2. Specify the RFQ subjective criteria in the RFQ Subjective Criteria (tdpur1191m000) session. You must only specify the subjective RFQ criteria, because the objective criteria are predefined in Infor LN.
  3. Define a criteria set (by linking the required criteria to a set) in the Criteria Set - Criteria (tdpur1192m000) session. You must also indicate the significance of the various criteria by assigning weightings to the same.
  4. For the criterion types Quantity, Delivery Time, and Subjective, specify the values and assign scores to the values in the Criteria Set - Scoring Schemes (tdpur1193m000) session. If you do not specify a scoring scheme for the objective criteria, Infor LN uses predefined system values.
  5. After receiving a bidder's response, link subjective values to the response in the RFQ Response - Subjective Criterion Scores (tdpur1195m000) session. LN calculates the objective criteria.
Notes
  • You can also use the RFQ Criteria Set (tdpur1690m000) session to specify a criteria set with linked criteria and a scoring scheme.
  • For comparisons based on prices and amounts, a criteria set is not required. However, you can also specify prices as criteria in the criteria set.
  • If the concerned bidder is selected for vendor rating, Infor LN also considers vendor rating when comparing responses.

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