Patent ID: 8032408
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A contract configuration method comprising: receiving, by a computing system from a requester, a command for creating a service request, said computing system comprising a memory device, said memory device comprising a list of skills, a first list of suppliers, and supplier contract data, said supplier contract data comprising contracts applicable to said first list of suppliers, said requester affiliated with a specified company, said contracts consisting of documents specifying agreements for suppliers of said first list of suppliers to provide candidates at specific rates; determining, by said computing system, which contracts of said contracts are regionally specific contracts; placing, by said computing system, restrictions on said contracts, said restrictions for allowing only specified parties to access said contracts; receiving, by said computing system from said requester, a selection of a first skill on said list of skills; filtering, by said computing system, a group of suppliers on said list of suppliers, said group of suppliers comprising potential suppliers for supplying candidates comprising said first skill, said group of suppliers filtered based on a plurality of business factors; generating, by said computing system, a second list of suppliers, said second list of suppliers identifying said group of suppliers; selecting, by said computing system, a group of contracts of said contracts, said group of contracts applicable to said second list of suppliers, said group of contracts selected based on a plurality of filtering factors; determining, by said computing system, that said restrictions allow said requester to access said group of contracts; generating, by said computing system, entries in a table for contract line items of said group of contracts, wherein said contract line items are sorted by regions; configuring, by said computing system, said group of contracts into a rate matrix for a specified skill with respect to different labor rates associated with said regions; associating, by said computing system, different tax rates with said different labor rates and said regions; generating, by said computing system, a selection list comprising identifiers for said group of contracts and said second list of suppliers; presenting, by said computing system for said requester, said selection list; receiving, by said computing system from said requester, a first selection of a first supplier and a first associated contract of said selection list; generating, by said computing system, a service request document, said candidate request document comprising said first selection of said first supplier, said first contract and said selection of said first skill, a first regional labor rate of said different labor rates, and a first tax rate of said different tax rates; and transmitting, by said computing system, said service request document to said first supplier.