A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STRATEGIES FOR PROCUREMENT CATEGORIES

摘要

A procurement expert system and specifically a system and method for generating strategies for procurement categories. The expert system implements a series of procurement related processes which identify a purchaser's positioning within a procurement category relative to its suppliers. The position is determined based on specific answers to a plurality of questions to which weights have been assigned. Once the purchaser's position has been determined, one or more strategic levers are identified. One or more strategic objectives are also identified using a mapping between strategic levers and strategic objectives. The expert system may revise its selection of strategic objectives based on specific answers provided by the purchaser to strategy revision questions.