BRISK ATLAS / PRACTICAL GUIDE
A supplier scorecard you can explain
A useful scorecard records the reasons for a choice. Agree the criteria, weights and mandatory conditions before scoring your suppliers.
1. Separate requirements from preferences
A must-have is a condition that cannot be traded for a better price: an approved sample, required capacity or an agreed delivery date. Record Pass, Fail or Unknown. Only suppliers that pass every must-have appear in the eligible ranking. An unknown requirement needs evidence; a weighted total cannot resolve it.
2. Choose weights that total 100%
Weights express this decision's priorities. For example, Quality at 50%, Evaluated cost at 30% and Delivery at 20% add to 100%. If your weights have a different total, use Scale weights to 100% to preserve their proportions.
3. Use the same scoring scale
The tool uses 1 poor, 2 weak, 3 acceptable, 4 strong and 5 excellent. Define what these mean for each criterion. For delivery, you might compare a quote with the date you actually need; for quality, record the sample or inspection evidence. Higher always means better. Normalize the scope and currency of price quotes before assigning cost scores.
4. Read the calculation
Quality: 4 × 50% = 2.00
Cost: 3 × 30% = 0.90
Delivery: 5 × 20% = 1.00
Weighted score 3.90 / 5The contribution bars show these components separately. A supplier with 3.90 that fails a must-have remains ineligible. A high total is a comparison under your chosen assumptions, not a certification or an industry-wide supplier rating.
5. Test the winner
Use Try a different weight to check whether a shift in priorities changes the result. The breakpoint analysis rebalances the other weights proportionally and checks changes in half-point steps. The displayed fragile, moderate and robust bands describe weight sensitivity within this tool; they do not guarantee delivery or performance.
Keep the evidence with the result
Record sources and assumptions in Evidence and notes. Export JSON for a portable project, CSV for a spreadsheet or print the decision record for review. Keep a copy of the supporting quotes separately.