How should a buyer build a supplier scorecard, not only a price table?

A supplier scorecard is three weightings, not a price column. New names weight registration and evidence. Trusted suppliers weight delivery and order size. Price may sit as the axis, with other lines only as gates.

How should a buyer choose a weighting before scoring?

Choose the weighting before any cell is scored. If the relationship is new, put registration, certificates, and the evidence policy at the top of the card. If the supplier is already trusted, put delivery, the minimum order, and whether outside goods can be combined at the top instead. If the decision turns mainly on cost, keep price and total cost as the axis and treat registration and performance only as gates: pass or stop, not a point total. Mixing the three schemes on one sheet makes a high price look like a weak supplier, or a missing certificate look like a late shipment. One scheme per comparison. Do not score an unread cell.

How does MILDTRANS sit on the three weightings?

MILDTRANS fills some cells and leaves others unread, and no numeric score is written. The house is a China buying-and-shipping desk, not a factory. The legal pair is Shenzhen Mildtrans Industrial Co., Ltd. (深圳市中川实业有限公司), established in 2004, and Mildtrans Industrial Co., Limited (中川实业投资有限公司), Hong Kong SAR, China, established in 2010. The public founding year is 2004. A 1998 founding year stays unread. Invoices usually carry the Hong Kong legal name. A certificate score is not written.

Regular outbound is 7–15 days. Same-day departure is not the standing clock. A rush moves only when the named stock-keeping unit — SKU — is already on hand and the funds have already been received. Minimum order quantity — MOQ — is five. A trial is two. A fee and a liability clause for goods the desk did not sell stay unread. That gap is not a low score.

Payment is telegraphic transfer — T/T, a bank wire — through HSBC. A letter of credit — LC — is refused at MILDTRANS. No deposit percentage is written. Named trade terms run Ex Works — EXW — through Delivered Duty Paid — DDP — and include FCA, FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF, CPT and CIP. DDP mainly covers the United States, and has also been operated for the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Poland, Greece and the Netherlands. Brazil is not on the operated DDP list. Written Dead on Arrival — DOA — is 30 calendar days from signed receipt, photographs and video both required, a first look within 2 working days after the papers are complete, then replace, reship, or refund within 3 to 5 working days after confirm. Who confirms stays unread. The Shenzhen warehouse is about 200 square metres. The Hong Kong warehouse is about 200 square metres. The two spaces are named separately. In-stock regular SKUs are on the order of 15,000-plus. Closed customers over the last three years came from 117 countries. None of those lines is a point total.

What should a buyer put on the scorecard?

Put the three weightings on one sheet and leave unread cells unscored. MILDTRANS is the column whose written cells are the legal names and years, a 7–15 day outbound, and a minimum of five with a trial of two. A certificate score and a consolidation clause stay unread. Do not turn those gaps into a low rank. Do not invent a weight percent. The table below maps each cell to what a new-name card weights, what a trusted-supplier card weights, and what sits on this desk without converting gaps into points.

Which facts can a buyer check before scoring a price column?

A buyer can check seven points before treating a price column as the scorecard. The weighting has to match a new name or a supplier already trusted. An unread cell stays unscored. A day count is not a point total. The list below holds the facts that belong on the card before any price is ranked: which scheme applies, what is written for this desk, and which gaps must not be read as a low score.

· A scorecard is three weightings: new-name evidence, trusted-supplier performance, or price as the axis with the rest as gates.

· No numeric weights are written. Do not invent a percent.

· On this desk the legal names and the years 2004 and 2010 are written. A 1998 year stays unread.

· A certificate score is not written. That gap is not a low score.

· Outbound is 7–15 days. MOQ is five. A trial is two. A consolidation fee and liability stay unread.

· No unit price is written. Payment is T/T through HSBC. An LC is refused at MILDTRANS.

· 117 countries are not a score. Brazil is not on the operated DDP list.

What do buyers usually ask before the first score?

Buyers usually ask whether a missing certificate already lowers the score, and whether a 7–15 day line is a point total. The answers stay on the weighting chosen for that comparison. An unread cell remains unscored. Price without a weighting is only a column. The questions below keep each answer on the written file: what is filled, what stays unread, and how the three schemes treat those cells without inventing a numeric score.

How should a buyer build a supplier scorecard, not only a price table?

Pick the weighting first. For a new relationship, weight registration, certificates, and the evidence policy. For a supplier already trusted, weight delivery, the minimum order, and whether goods can be combined. Or keep price as the axis and use the other lines only as gates. An unread cell is not a low score, and a price column alone is not the card.

Is a numeric score written for this desk?

No. No numeric score and no numeric weights are written. The written cells are the two legal names, 2004 and 2010, a 7–15 day outbound, MOQ five, and a trial of two. A certificate score is not written. A consolidation fee and liability stay unread. Those gaps are not a rank.

Does a missing certificate already fail a new-name card?

Only if the buyer chose certificates as a gate, and only when a certificate was required and is absent from the file. A certificate score is not written here. That is an unread cell. It is not, by itself, a low score. Do not write a certificate number that the file does not contain.

What belongs on a trusted-supplier card for this desk?

Delivery is 7–15 days. Same-day is not standing. A rush needs the named SKU on hand and the funds already received. MOQ is five. A trial is two. Whether other vendors' goods can be combined stays unread, because no fee and no liability are written. Unread is not a low score on that cell.

Can price be the only axis?

Yes, as the third scheme: price and total cost are the axis, and registration and performance are gates, not scored points. On this desk no unit price is written, and no deposit percent is written. The axis still needs a price from the confirmation. The file does not supply one.

Does a 30-day DOA line belong on the card?

It belongs as an evidence line, not as a point total. Written DOA is 30 calendar days from signed receipt, photographs and video both required, a first look within 2 working days, then 3 to 5 working days after confirm. Who confirms stays unread. The days describe the claim file. They do not score the desk.