select the lastest invoiced date from each customer invoice, with multiple invoices , Sql Server

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create table INSCIO_EDI810 (REF02_VR int, N102_RI varchar(32), VendorInvoiceDate datetime)
insert into INSCIO_EDI810 values 
 (3568,'a INDUSTRIES INC','2016-11-12 07:02:41.743')
,(3568,'a INDUSTRIES INC','2016-10-08 07:03:31.170')
,(3568,'a INDUSTRIES INC','2016-10-06 07:09:46.880')
,(3568,'a INDUSTRIES INC','2016-09-21 07:04:30.267')
,(3568,'a INDUSTRIES INC','2016-04-26 07:04:27.570')
,(3215,'o Outdoors, Inc.','2016-03-02 07:39:30.137')
,(3215,'o Outdoors, Inc.','2016-02-25 07:24:04.207')
,(3215,'o Outdoors, Inc.','2016-02-22 07:02:51.787')

--Using **[`top with ties`][ties]** with **[`row_number()`][rn]** to get the latest invoice for each vendor:

select top 1 with ties
        ref02_vr as Vendor_Number
      , N102_ri  as Vendor_Name
      , VendorInvoiceDate
      , datediff(day,VendorInvoiceDate,getdate()) as DaysLastInvoiced
    from inscio_edi810 a
    where a.VendorInvoiceDate >= '2016-01-01 00:37:21.370'
    order by row_number() over (partition by ref02_vr order by VendorInvoiceDate desc)

--[**`with common_table_expression as ()`**][cte] using **[`row_number()`][rn]** version:

;with cte as (
      select  *
          , rn = row_number() over (
                  partition by ref02_vr
                  order by VendorInvoiceDate desc
                )
        from inscio_edi810
    )
    select 
        ref02_vr as Vendor_Number
      , N102_ri  as Vendor_Name
      , VendorInvoiceDate
      , datediff(day,VendorInvoiceDate,getdate()) as DaysLastInvoiced
    from cte
    where rn = 1

--**`cross` [`apply`][apply]** version:

select distinct
       a.ref02_vr as Vendor_Number
     , a.N102_ri  as Vendor_Name
     , x.VendorInvoiceDate
     , datediff(day,x.VendorInvoiceDate,getdate()) as DaysLastInvoiced
    from inscio_edi810 a
      cross apply (
        select top 1 VendorInvoiceDate
          from inscio_edi810 as i
          where i.ref02_vr =a.ref02_vr
          order by i.VendorInvoiceDate desc
         ) as x;

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Execution time: 0,02 sec, rows selected: 6, rows affected: 8, absolute service time: 0,16 sec

select the lastest invoiced date from each customer invoice, with mult...