A vendor is any person or company that sells goods or services to someone else in the economic production chain.

Vendors or suppliers are given standing, status, or title according to their attainment of some level of performance, such as delivery, lead time, quality, price, or some combination of variables. It may take the form of a hierarchical ranking from poor to excellent and whatever rankings the firm chooses to insert in between the two.

For some firms, it may come in the form of some sort of award system or as some variation of certification. It is a direct result of the widespread implementation of the just-in-time concept.

To help the buyer in future selection To provide buyer with the information helpful in subsequent negotiation To provide the buyer with the important information which he can act upon any corrective measure

Helping minimize subjectivity in judgment and make it possible to consider all relevant criteria in assessing suppliers. Providing feedback from all areas in one package. Facilitating better communication with vendors. Providing overall control of the vendor base. Requiring specific action to correct identified performance weaknesses. Establishing continuous review standards for vendors, thus ensuring continuous improvement of vendor performance.

Inexperience with Products and Services Unfamiliarity With Corporate Operations Resistance Within Company Threat to Security

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Vendors are rated on the basis of various characteristics: Time delivery Quality Price Others actors such as Supplying useful market information Meet emergency order

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Categorical plan: This is a very subjective method. Mangers from concerned department prepare list of factors important from their views Each of the major supplier is evaluated against each evaluators list of factors evaluation is done in the terms of Good Satisfactory poor

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Weighted point plan the buyer decides on Factor important form evaluation Weightages for each factor The vendor performance in respect of each factor

Cost ratio plan: Under this method, the vendor rating is done on the basis of various costs incurred for procuring the materials from various suppliers. The cost ratios are ascertained for the different rating variables such as quality, price, timely delivery etc. The cost ratio is calculated in percentage on the basis of total individual cost and total value of purchase

The total delivery cost is Rs5000 and the total purchases are Rs 1,00,000 then delivery cost ratio will be 5,000 / 1,00,000 x 100 = 10%