Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Operations research or analysis
Patent
1995-08-23
1998-06-09
Hayes, Gail O.
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Operations research or analysis
G06F15300
Patent
active
057651388
ABSTRACT:
An arrangement (apparatus and method) for providing an interactive evaluation of suppliers as proposed vendors for a project. A supplier evaluation system comprises a database storing a plurality of maturity requirements and recognized quality standards, and a main processing system for compiling selected standards and quality maturity requirements in accordance with project objectives. The project requirements are supplied by a communication network to a supplier in the form of an interactive supplier self-evaluation system. Alternatively, the supplier self-evaluation system may be provided to a supplier on a CD-ROM. The supplier self-evaluation system is arranged to include a plurality of objective questions corresponding to the selected maturity requirements. A supplier may selectively access local database files on the CD-ROM for information regarding the selected maturity requirements, or may remotely access the supplier evaluation system databases for supplemental information. After uploading the supplier responses to the supplier evaluation system, a supplier maturity level is calculated. An on-site supplier audit is thereafter conducted to confirm supplier responses and to obtain any additional information. Supplier approval is dependent upon a minimum supplier maturity level based upon the scored supplier responses to the maturity questions and the on-site audit.
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Aycock Donald G.
Farthing Jesse L.
Bell Atlantic Network Services Inc.
Hayes Gail O.
Poinvil Frantzy
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