Ulysses-VRM v.2.0 is an application that allows users to evaluate and rate the performance of suppliers or internal departments in an objective manner. It incorporates functionality for configuring performance indicators, weights, and thresholds; updating source data; issuing vendor ratings; checking and saving results; and generating comparison reports for individual suppliers. The application provides a standardized process and tools to monitor, evaluate, and compare the performance of external vendors and internal groups over time.

1. Ulysses-VRM
Vendor Ratingv.2.0
Application for suppliers’ performance objective evaluation

2. Ulysses-VRM v. 2.0
Vendor Rating issued through this application allows:
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- An objective management for the evaluation of the performance of external or internal suppliers;
- An historical monitoring of external or internal supplier’s performance;
- An automatically issue (via e-mail) of a graphic report about the required target and the trends shown by
external or internal suppliers;
- A dynamic definition, through appropriate parameterization, of indicators, weights and thresholds for each
vendor group (external or internal)
This application can then be applied with appropriate parameterization, for:
- An objective evaluation of external suppliers;
- An objective assertion of internal departments’ performances;
- An identification of critical success factors for business processes (CSF);
- A monitoring of business departments’ grow
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3. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Start-7
To start the
application,
select its icon
on the
desktop…
When you open the application, you will be prompted to log in as a user
with a password ...
You confirm the login by pressing the button «Confirm»
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4. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Start-8
A start screen
appears and allows
us to:
- Choose Vendor
Rating type
- Configure
indicators
- Update source
data
- Issue and
manage VR
- Open achieved
performance last
status
- Change language
- Change user
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5. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Vendor Rating type choice-9
Choose the type of Vendor Rating by selecting it from the drop-down menu highlighted by the text "Choose VR»
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6. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Vendor Rating type choice-10
Choosing the type of Vendor Rating, the application automatically identifies, in addition to the indicators in this category, with
their respective weights and thresholds, also the data source to be eventually updated
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7. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Data update-11
Updating of data source can be made for each individual archive by clicking on the proper button...
… or for all files by clicking on "UPDATE ALL".
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8. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Data update-12
The application will ask you to locate the file with the data source (on the server or on your PC) and confirm your choice.
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9. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Indicators’ configuration-13
Extracted source data, will be used to recalculated chosen performance indicators. You can set indicators, access to them,
manage or change weights and thresholds assigned to them, by using proper commands in section “CONFIGURE KPIs»
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10. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Indicators’ configuration-14
To set indicators to be used for a given type of Vendor Rating, click on «KPI Definition». On the next screen, an editable list
of indicator appears. You can change names and descriptions.
In any case, we can use the buttons at the
bottom to clear all fields, delete only names
or delete only descriptions.
Once set up correctly the indicators, we
should save their definition by clicking on the
button «SAVE».
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11. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Indicators’ configuration-15
To access and modify weights assigned to indicators, click on «KPI» weights. Next screen shows currently used Set of
weights. You can directly modify this Set of weights by placing the correct values in the appropriate fields…
…or select another Set of weights from saved
ones and then click on "Restore".
After having completed changes, You can save
the new Set of weights and give it a name.
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12. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Indicators’ configuration-16
To make the classification of providers/departments possible, You must indicate, for each indicator’s performance, a
threshold of acceptability (above which Supplier/Department should be assigned to the worst class) and a expected
threshold (below which supplier/department will achieve best performances).
We also have the possibility to
define a tolerance percentage
for the assignment to each
classe.
After making changes, You can
save the new thresholds for
chosen set of indicators.
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13. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Vendor Rating’s issuing-17
Once You had updated source files, set the indicators with weights and thresholds, You can launch the issue of Vendor Rating
of the selected type. Go to the section labeled as "START" and click on the button «FINAL PERFORMANCE»…
… program will ask You to assign a name to identify
the elaboration…
… and will issue this Vendor Rating.
IMPORTANT! The Vendor Rating is issued, but not yet saved and stored by the program.
You still have the chance to previously check the results and possibly correct
inconsistencies in the data source or recalibrate the Vendor Rating.
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14. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Vendor Rating’s preliminary check-18
Issued Vendor Rating can be
viewed using the buttons
placed in «SHOW» section
You can access to the results for each indicator…
…or to the final result, that is to the overall evaluation and the
assignment to a supply class.
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15. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Vendor Rating’s final result-19
As a result elaboration, You have a summary of the weights and thresholds used…
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16. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Vendor Rating’s final result-20
… a (editable) sorting (with chromatic classification), from the worst to the best performance…
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17. Ulysses-VRM .v.2.0
Vendor Rating’s final result-21
… a summary through table and graph for the composition of classes of supply.
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18. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Vendor Rating’s save-22
Once You verified the results of the elaboration, You can proceed to saving procedure. In «LAUNCH» section, You should click
on «Save»
… the program will ask You to confirm the chosen
name to identify the elaboration (You can eventually
change it)…
… then Vendor Rating (or better: the final Performance of the Vendor Rating), with the
name You gave, is saved in the appropriate directory as an excel file.
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19. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Vendor Rating report for each supplier-23
A comparison (in the form of a table and of a graph) of the performance of suppliers can be obtained by focusing on
“LAUNCH" section and clicking on the "PDF REPORTS".
This opens a list of suppliers, among which You can
select (with an "X") one or more suppliers.
After choosing the elaborations to be compared on the
report….
… You can proceed to launch the report by clicking on
"LAUNCH REPORT".
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20. Ulysses-VRM v.2.0
Vendor Rating report for each supplier-24
You then get a table and a pdf report (for each of the chosen vendors) showing the results of the comparison. This report can
be customized (graphic and text).
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