Patent ID: 11915173
Assignee: nan
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A supplier knowledge management (SKM) system, comprising:
at least one computer processor coupled to at least one storage medium; and
a plurality of functional modules stored in the at least one storage medium and executable by the at least one processor to:
establish an electronic profile for one or more users from an entity, including identify preferred suppliers in association with the electronic profile;
establish a plurality of supplier profiles, each supplier profile comprising a set of supplier keywords;
include user-selected client tags representing user endorsements in one or more of the plurality of supplier profiles;
in response to a user input, generate an electronic request for information (RFI) and perform an electronic search of supplier information, the RFI comprising a set of user specified RFI keywords corresponding to a project for an entity; and
electronically process the RFI, including:
compare the RFI keywords with supplier keywords of one or more of the plurality of supplier profiles to generate a filtered set of supplier profiles based on keyword matching and identify any preferred suppliers associated with the entity in the filtered set of supplier profiles; and
compare the RFI keywords with client tags in the filtered set of supplier profiles to generate a list of candidate suppliers.