Patent ID: 7970640

Claim:
A purchasing optimization system, comprising: a computer with a processor having circuitry to execute instructions; a storage device available to said processor with sequences of instructions stored therein, which when executed cause the processor to: prepare a plurality of data representative of an organization from a plurality of systems and external data sources for processing, obtain a plurality of purchasing related data that comprise one or more purchasing deliverables and one or more resources, a plurality of external factor prices, and one or more segment of value models that rely on a transformed data input and develops the data required to produce a matrix of value report for an organization, map an impact of a plurality of purchasing deliverables and a plurality of resources to one or more cells in a matrix of organization value and a matrix of organization risk; identify an optimal mix of purchasing features and resources; and display the optimal mix of purchasing features and resources where the purchasing related data comprises data from a purchasing system database that includes data for one or more purchasing deliverables, one or more purchasing features and one or more resources, and where the optimal mix is the mix that minimizes a total organization risk and maximizes a value of a current operation and a segment of value selected from the group consisting of derivative, investment, real option and combinations thereof.