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Vendor Shortlisting: Scoring Without Bias

Published: Publisher: Zhilianhai Robotics News

Build the criteria first

CriterionWeightEvidence
Technical fit30%Concept, references, simulations
Support and coverage25%Named engineers, local stock
Total cost of ownership25%Five-year model, exclusions
Delivery and capacity10%Build slots, project team
Documentation and training10%Sample documents, outline

Bias control

  • Score independently before the group discussion.
  • Discuss evidence, not presentations: whoever presented best should not win by default.
  • Record the reason for every score change made after the meeting.
  • Keep the lowest and highest scores and ask the reason in writing.

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