Manufacture for a market management framework

US7395193B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• ACCENTURE LLP · US
• B2EMarkets, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David A. Yelich · Atlanta, US
• John E Cunningham · Bloomfield Hills, US
• Glenn J. Thomas · Lake Forest, US
• Holly H. Studdard · Marietta, US
• David Blaine · South Kingstown, US
• Richard Waugh · Los Gatos, US
• Orville Bailey · Potomac, US
• Shirish Pareek · Pittsburgh, US
• Amy Cutlip Cohen · Silver Spring, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2008
• Expiry date: May 1, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0283
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure provides for affording a market management framework. Category analysis is provided for a user specified project. Then, supplier analysis is performed for the user specified project. A strategy is then developed for determining the suppliers for the specified project based on the supplier analysis. Further, negotiations are managed between selected suppliers and the user.