E-Auction – Weighting Adjustments
Weighting is used to give certain participants advantages or disadvantages depending on your consideration.
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Choose the participant who needs to have an advantage or a disadvantage by Select Participants dropdown list.
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You can view detailed information for the relevant field by clicking the “i” icon.
Advantages or disadvantages depending on Quantitative/Percentage style for each item can be adjusted by using the icons and filling the fields below Unit Price column.
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After filling necessary areas, click the Save button to save the adjustments.
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Advantage: For purchasing events, the price gets effected negatively and for sales events, the price gets effected positively.
Disadvantage: For purchasing events, the price gets effected positively and for sales events, the price gets effected negatively.
Example Advantage/Disadvantage Scenarios;
Scenario 1 Procurement Event: If a %10 advantage is given on the first item for Participant A, who has bid 100USD to that item in a procurement event, participant’s bid will compete as 90 USD. If a 10 USD disadvantage is given on the 2nd item for the Participant A, who has bid 100 USD to that item in a procurement event, participant’s bid will compete as 110 USD.
Scenario 2 Sales Event: If a %10 advantage is given on the first item for Participant A, who has bid 100USD to that item in a sales event, participant’s bid will compete as 110 USD. If a 10 USD disadvantage is given on the 2nd item for the Participant A, who has bid 100 USD to that item in a sales event, participant’s bid will compete as 90 USD.
Scenario 3 Procurement Event: If for Participant A, whose initial bid is 100 USD, is given a 10% advantage and then a 15 USD advantage for the first item, their bid will compete as 75 USD in a procurement event.
Scenario 4 Procurement Event: If for Participant A, whose initial bid is 100 USD, is given a 15 USD advantage and then a 10% advantage for the first item, their bid will compete as 76.5 USD in a procurement event.
Note: According to the weighting, detailed information can be viewed on the Management screen. The given advantage/disadvantage cannot be viewed by the supplier.
Please refer the link below for further information on adding a Starting Price.
Please refer the link below for further information on General Information page.
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Please refer the link below for further information on Event Settings page.
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Please refer the link below for further information on Line Items page.
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Please refer the link below for further information on Participant List page.
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Please refer the link below for further information on Documents page.
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