Patent ID: 10713063

Abstract:
A method for improving performance of a computer procurement application includes using the procurement control system computer, determining a peer group associated with a first entity, the peer group including entities that have one or more attribute values in common with the first entity; using a procurement control system computer, obtaining, from client computers respectively associated with the entities, configurations that instruct a procurement application how to perform procurement tasks for the respective entities of the entities in the peer group; using a procurement control system computer, obtaining, from a first client computer associated with the first entity, a first configurations that instruct the procurement application how to perform procurement tasks for the first entity; using the procurement control system computer, determining, from Key Performance Indicators (KPI values) of the entities in the peer group and of the first entity, one or more KPI values of the first entity that are relatively lower than the one or more KPI values of the entities in the peer group; using the procurement control system computer, from the one or more KPI values of the first entity determining one or more of the configurations associated with the first entity that affect the one or more KPI values of the first entity; using the procurement control system computer, determining, for each configuration of the configurations, a configuration value associated with a threshold number of the entities in the peer group; using the procurement control system computer, providing a description of the configuration value to the client computer associated with the first entity.