Calculating the Value Index for 2 Alternative Suppliers

Performance: 1 = Poor to 5 = Excellent

Importance: 1 = Completely unimportant to 5 = critical

Performance Value Index

Importance Supplier 1 Supplier 2 Supplier 1 Supplier 2
Performance Quality 4 2 3 8 12
Conformance Quality 4 3 3 12 12
Reliability Quality 5 2 5 10 25
Delivery Reliability 3 4 2 12 6
Delivery Speed 2 5 2 10 4
Cost 2 4 2 8 4
Mix Flexibility 1 5 1 5 1
Volume Flexibility 2 2 3 4 6
Changeover Flexibility 3 3 5 9 15
Total 78 85
Calculating the Value Index for 3 Alternative Suppliers

Performance: 1 = Poor to 5 = Excellent

Importance: 1 = Completely unimportant to 5 = critical

Performance Value Index

Importance Supplier 1 Supplier 2
Performance Quality 4 2
Conformance Quality 4 3
Reliability Quality 5 2
Delivery Reliability 3 4
Delivery Speed 2 5
Cost 2 4
Mix Flexibility 1 5
Volume Flexibility 2 2
Changeover Flexibility 3 3
Total
Supplier 3 Supplier 1 Supplier 2
3 5 8 12
3 5 12 12
5 5 10 25
2 2 12 6
2 2 10 4
2 2 8 4
1 2 5 1
3 2 4 6
5 2 9 15
78 85
Value Index
Supplier 3
20
20
25
6
4
4
2
4
6
91
Calculating the Value Index for 2 Alternative Printers

Performance: 1 = Poor to 5 = Excellent

Importance: 1 = Completely unimportant to 5 = critical

Performance Value Index

Importance HB LX HB LX
Product Features 4 2 4 8 16
Reliability 4 1 5 4 20
Brand name 1 5 1 5 1
Aesthetics 3 4 2 12 6
Availability 3 5 3 15 9
Cost 2 4 2 8 4
Total 52 56