Patent ID: 8458075
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for commodity sourcing management, comprising: identifying a plurality of divisions of commoditization; determining a revenue associated with each division of commoditization; determining a market value of a capability associated with the each division of commoditization; identifying a plurality of strategies for the plurality divisions of commoditization, a strategy describing how the each division of commoditization can be achieved; identifying stocks and bonds associated with the each division of commoditization; correlating each strategy, the market value and the revenue associated with the each division of commoditization described in the each strategy, and stocks and bonds associated with the each division of commoditization described in the each strategy; and finding, based on the correlation, one or more best strategy for all the divisions of commoditization among the plurality of strategies, the one or more best strategy maximizing the revenue and the market value, wherein a processor coupled to a memory device performs the identifying the plurality of divisions of commoditization, the determining the revenue, the determining the market value, the identifying the plurality of strategies, the identifying the stocks and bonds, and the finding.