Smoothing Factor for Date Variance 
Smoothing Factor for Date Variance
Technical name: 0SMOOTH_DEL
Use
In vendor evaluation, the smoothing factor for date variances is used in order to include the new individual score a vendor is awarded for the criterion On-Time Delivery Performance in respect of a goods receipt in the previously applicable composite score for the criterion.
Since the latter score covers a large number of goods receipts, whereas the new GR represents a single score only, the new GR is included in the existing composite score with a reduced value: i.e. it is "smoothed".
A high smoothing factor causes a large change in the result. A low one causes only a slight change.
If you have maintained a smoothing factor with 0.1, only one tenth of the score for the new GR is included in the overall calculation, the previously applicable score accounts for nine tenths of the new composite score for the subcriterion. The formula is as follows:
Previous score x (1 – 0.1) + new score x 0.1
Assuming the previous score was 80 points and the new individual score is 20 points, the formula is:
80 x 0.9 + 20 x 0.1 = 74
The newly applicable score for the subcriterion in respect of this material is 74 points.
The newly applicable scores are recorded in the statistics. If you have already carried out a vendor evaluation previously, the scores are not automatically updated. The new scores are not included in the evaluation until you carry out a new vendor evaluation process.
Technical Data
Available from Release |
4.0B |
Aggregation |
Summation |
Exception aggregation |
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