David R Kolodney

Author:

David Kolodney

ISBN #:

0895882701

Author:

David Kolodney

ISBN #:

0895885964

Author:

David Kolodney

ISBN #:

0895885549

US Patent:

20020138316, Sep 26, 2002

Filed:

Mar 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/815927

Inventors:

Steven Katz - Burlingame CA, US
Yannis Labrou - Menlo Park CA, US
Truc Dam - San Jose CA, US
Joyce Dickerson - Menlo Park CA, US
Manoranjan Kanthanathan - Foster City CA, US
David Kolodney - San Jose CA, US
Timothy Levine - Sunnyvale CA, US
Richard Li - Menlo Park CA, US
Ram Nori - Sunnyvale CA, US
Eamon O Neill - San Francisco CA, US
Kenneth Rudin - San Carlos CA, US
Quoc Tran - Mountain View CA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/007000

Abstract:

A system and methods based thereon for a Value Chain Intelligence (VCI) system that enables suppliers and procurement professionals to leverage enterprise and marketplace data in order to potentially improve decision-making in business enterprises. In this system, internal data from enterprises and external data from suppliers, catalogs, and marketplaces are integrated and analyzed in real time for their impact on supply chains processes. The VCI system makes recommendations and alerts users based on the results of the integrated and analyzed data. Components in a VCI system may consist of internal data collection components, external data collection components, data integration components, and data application components. The system provides a plurality of methods for searching, extracting, transforming, integrating, analyzing, and representing data internal to an enterprise and data external to an enterprise. Various methods for implementing a plurality of software modules in a logical workflow process are also disclosed.