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OwnerJeffery K. Gallacci, James H. Herman +1inventors
InventorsJeffery K. Gallacci, James H. Herman, F.A. William Davis III
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A computer-based system and method to enable a component supplier to provide supply chain service solutions that meet the needs and requirements of its customer. The supply chain needs and requirements of the customer and other customer metrics are obtained via responses to information requests having pre-selected response options. Each response to an information request is mapped to a table containing possible supply chain service solutions pre-selected as appropriate for the response. The table also provides a value (to the customer) weight and a risk (to the supplier) weight associated with implementing possible supply chain service solutions. These results are then used to provide the possible supply chain service solutions as well as a graphical assessment of the associated risk versus the value.
A computerized method for assessing supply chain services for presentation by a supplier of products to a customer of said products, the method comprising the steps of obtaining information concerning said customer, including by presenting information requests having associated pre-defined response options and obtaining selections of said pre-defined response options, associating said selected predefined response options with supply chain services pre-selected as appropriate for said pre-defined response options, each one of said pre-selected supply chain services having a risk factor and a value factor assigned thereto, said risk factor being representative of risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain service, and said value factor being representative of value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-selected supply chain service, based on said risk and value factors assigned to each one of said pre-selected supply chain services corresponding to said selected response options, calculating an overall indication of risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain services and an overall indication of value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-selected supply chain services, correlating said overall indications of risk and value, and based on said correlation of overall risk and value, presenting appropriate ones of said pre-selected supply chain services for possible implementation.
A system for assessing supply chain services for presentation by a supplier of products to a customer of said products, the system comprising information storage means for maintaining data representing information requests having associated pre-defined response options, supply chain services pre-selected as appropriate for said pre-defined response options, risk factors representative of risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain services, and value factors representative of value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-Selected supply chain services, means for presenting said information requests and said associated pre-defined response options, input means for obtaining information concerning said customer including for selecting said pre-defined response options, means for assigning appropriate ones of said risk factors and said value factors to each one of said pre-selected supply chain services, means for associating selected ones of said pre-defined response options with said pre-selected supply chain services, means for calculating an overall indication of risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain services and an overall indication of value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-selected supply chain services based on said risk and value factors assigned to each one of said pre-selected supply chain services, means for correlating said overall indications of risk and value, and means for presenting appropriate ones of said supply chain services for possible implementation based on said correlation of overall risk and value.
A method for providing an Internet-based tool for assessing supply chain services offered by a supplier of products to a customer of products, the method comprising the steps of populating a database with data representing information requests, pre-defined response options to said information requests, supply chain services pre-selected as appropriate for said pre-defined response options, risk factors representative of risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain services, and value factors representative of value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-selected supply chain services, outputting said data into at least one of an XML data island and JavaScript array, providing at least one of XSL transformations and style sheets to render said data as an HTML document for presenting said information requests and said pre-defined response options to said information requests, providing at least one HTML form to collect information concerning said customer including selections of said pre-defined response options, providing JavaScript functions for assigning appropriate ones of said risk factors and said value factors to each one of said pre-selected supply chain services, associating selected ones of said pre-defined response options with said pre-selected supply chain services, calculating an overall indication of risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain services and an overall indication of value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-selected supply chain services based on said risk and value factors assigned to each one of said pre-selected supply chain services, providing a VML program for rendering said overall indications of risk and value, and providing an HTML page for rendering appropriate ones of said supply chain services for possible implementation based on said overall risk and value.
An Internet-based system for assessing supply chain services offered by a supplier of products to a customer of products, the system comprising a database populated with data representing information requests, pre-defined response options to said information requests, supply chain services pre-selected as appropriate for said pre-defined response options, risk factors representative of risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain services, and value factors representative of value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-selected supply chain services, means for outputting said data into at least one of an XML data island and JavaScript array, at least one of XSL transformations and style sheets to render said data as an HTML document for presenting said information requests and said pre-defined response options to said information requests, at least one HTML form to collect information concerning said customer including selections of said pre-defined response options, JavaScript functions for assigning appropriate ones of said risk factors and said value factors to each one of said pre-selected supply chain services, associating selected ones of said pre-defined response options with said pre-selected supply chain services, calculating an overall indication of risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain services and an overall indication of value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-selected supply chain services based on said risk and value factors assigned to each one of said pre-selected supply chain services, a VML program for rendering said overall indications of risk and value, and an HTML page for rendering appropriate ones of said supply chain services for possible implementation based on said overall risk and value.
A method for assessing supply chain services for presentation by a supplier of products to a customer of said products, the method comprising the steps of obtaining information concerning said customer, including by presenting information requests having associated pre-defined response options and obtaining selections of said pre-defined response options, associating said selected pre-defined response options with supply chain services pre-selected as appropriate for said pre-defined response options, further associating said selected pre-defined options with non-qualifying services pre-selected as inappropriate for said pre-defined response options, each one of said pre-selected supply chain services having a risk weight and a value weight, said risk weight being representative of relative risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain service, and said value weight being representative of relative value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-selected supply chain service, based on said risk and value weights assigned to each one of said pre-selected supply chain services corresponding to said selected response options, simultaneously calculating an overall indication of risk to said supplier associated with providing said pre-selected supply chain services and an overall indication of value to said customer associated with receiving said pre-selected supply chain services, correlating said overall indications of risk and value, and based on said correlation of overall risk and value, presenting appropriate ones of said pre-selected supply chain services for possible implementation.
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