Patent ID: 7865381

Claim:
A computer program product comprising: a storage medium read by an information processing system comprising a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the information processing system for performing a method comprising: creating a list for assigning a sourcing disposition of at least one product to be manufactured; receiving a score for each of a plurality of attributes within at least two categories of attributes associated with the product to be manufactured, wherein the score is independent of the at least two categories of attributes; summing, for each of the at least two categories, the score for each of the plurality of attributes therein to form a summed score in each separate category; normalizing the summed score in each category so that a range of scores for each separate category is comparable; determining whether the summed score which has been normalized in each separate category varies from the summed score which has been normalized in any other of the categories by more than a predefined limit; and selecting, based on the determining performed, one of the following sourcing dispositions for the product, an in-house sourcing disposition when the summed score is located within a first range; an outsourcing disposition when the summed score is located within a second range; and further evaluation when the summed score is located within a third range.