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Question: What does the yellow triangle in the rate column in the purchase orders list mean?

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Answer:

The Rate column in the Purchase Orders list refers to a rating/evaluation score and the yellow triangle indicates that document has not yet been rated.

Based on the Rating Form, it appears that the system has a supplier evaluation feature enabled, allowing Purchase Orders or suppliers to be assessed according to predefined criteria, such as:

Quality
Delivery

Users can assign a rating from 1 to 5, and the system calculates the Total Rate.

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Purpose of this functionality

This feature is typically used for:

Evaluating supplier quality
Monitoring delivery performance and lead times
Selecting the best suppliers for future purchases
Building Supplier Rating / Vendor Performance metrics

For example:

Supplier	Quality	Delivery	Average Rating
Supplier A	5	5	5.0
Supplier B	4	2	3.0

This helps identify suppliers with quality issues or delivery delays.

Rates will be shown in the purchase order's list:

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