Awarding by Supplier


In many situations, you already know that a  negotiation will be awarded to a single supplier. This demo will show how to award a negotiation to a single supplier.


Steps:

  1. Before you can award a negotiation, you must close it for responding.

    Step 1

  2. Click the Close object.

    Step 2

  3. Click the Submit button.

    Step 3

  4. Click the OK button.

    Step 4

  5. Now that you have closed the negotiation, you can award it.

    Step 5

  6. Click the Award Negotiation object.

    Step 6

  7. Note that the Award Progress Percent graph shows that the negotiation has no award information yet.

    Step 7

  8. Since you know already that you will award the entire negotiation to a single supplier, you can easily compare all shortlisted suppliers by highlighting each supplier and clicking the Award button.

    Step 8

  9. Click the East Coast Consulting object.

    Step 9

  10. Click the Midwest Hardware object.

    Step 10

  11. Press the [Ctrl] key and click the Server Supply object.

    Step 11

  12. Click the Award button.

    Step 12

  13. The Savings by Supplier graph shows you the supplier that provides the most savings for the negotiation. This is the supplier to which you will award the negotiation.

     

    In this case, the best supplier is Server Supply, so you click the Award Decision checkbox for that supplier.

    Step 13

  14. Click the Award Decision option.

    Step 14

  15. Click the Save and Close button.

    Step 15

  16. Note that since you awarded the negotiation to a single supplier, the Award by Supplier graph only shows Server Supply.

    Step 16

  17. Also note that the Award Progress Percent graph now shows that the negotiation is fully  awarded.

     

    Step 17

  18. Click the OK button.

    Step 18

  19. Click the Done button.

    Step 19

This demo has show how to compare responses from multiple suppliers and award a negotiation to a single supplier.

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