BCC Specific - Supplier Ranking

Supplier Ranking enables users to detail the Rank of a Supplier. Suppliers with a higher Rank will be selected by the software for jobs first. Key Users have the option to define the priority of which Suppliers are selected based upon in the Ranking Setup. Aside from Rank, Suppliers are selected against other criteria such as status of Preferred Supplier, Price, and Distance. 

NB: Suppliers will have to be qualified against Categories within a Requirement in order to be Ranked.

Defining Supplier Ranking

To set up Supplier ranking the Key User must first head to the Requirement and into the Categories tab. The Key User will be presented with a list of all the Lots (Cost Descriptions) relating to that Requirement. Ranking is done per Cost Description, and Suppliers can be ranked differently for each. 

Select a Cost Description to edit the rankings. Once a Cost Description has been selected click the Supplier Rankings tab:

Supplier Rankings

The Key User will then be presented with a list of the Suppliers from that Requirement who have been assigned that Category, and therefore that Cost Description. These Suppliers can then be ranked by inputting a number into the Rank fields, in line with their Organisation name (0 means unranked, 1 is the most important and 5 is the least important). 

• Suppliers can be given the same rank. This will mean:
  • They compete on the next highest priority of criteria (Preferred Supplier, Price, Distance). 
  • Any preferred Suppliers of the same rank will be prioritised in selection for jobs. 
• Users have the option to refresh the list, which will put the organisations in order by Rank. 

NB: To confirm each number, click Save next to the Rank field. 

Preferred Suppliers

To designate a Supplier as Preferred the Key User must tick Is Preferred Supplier on the Organisation's Main Details page. 

Ranking Setup

Go to the relevant Requirement > Categories tab > Ranking Setup. Under this heading the Key User attributes a priority order to the Categories against which Suppliers are selected (Rank, Preferred Supplier, Price, and Distance). 

These criteria are set on the software by default.:To change the order in which the criteria are prioritised, edit the numbers in the boxes, and click Save Ranking Setup. Unlike with the Organisations ranking, no two of these criteria can have the same Rank.