System and Method for Evaluating Supplier Quality

A supplier evaluation system to qualify a supplier for a project, said system comprising:

• (a) a central processing unit;
• (b) a database management system;
• (c) a first electronic database storing a plurality of inquiries related to supplier competency and quality;
• (d) a network-communication means for communicating electronic information;
• (e) a first user interface wherein a customer may select from said inquiries and identify supplier candidates;
• (f) a second user interface wherein said supplier candidates identify one or more raters:
• (g) a third user interface wherein said plurality of inquiries stored in said first database are communicated to said raters via said network-communication means and said raters' responses to said plurality of inquiries are communicated to, via said network-communication means, and stored in said first database;
• (h) said data processor compiling and converting said raters' responses to provide qualitative and quantitative analysis of a supplier based on said raters' responses;
• (i) a means of separating said analysis from said raters' responses so that said raters' responses are kept confidential;
• (j) a second database storing said analysis;
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• (k) a forth user interface wherein said analysis stored in said second database is communicated to and manipulated by a customer.