System, method, and visual user interface for evaluating and selecting suppliers for enterprise procurement
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1. A method of evaluating and selecting suppliers for procurement, comprising:
- structuring supplier information on a visual interface of a display; and
providing an analysis capability for facilitating evaluation and selection of one or more suppliers for buying at least one of goods and services, wherein said visual interface allows a user to directly manipulate data points in the visual interface to explore an information space of potential suppliers and to discover patterns, anomalies, and trends in support of said evaluation.
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Abstract
A method (and visual user interface) of evaluating and selecting suppliers for procurement, includes structuring supplier information on a visual interface of a display, and providing an analysis capability for facilitating evaluation and selection of one or more suppliers for buying goods and services. The visual interface allows a user to directly manipulate data points in the visual interface to explore an information space of potential suppliers and to discover patterns, anomalies, and trends in support of the evaluation.
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1. A method of evaluating and selecting suppliers for procurement, comprising:
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structuring supplier information on a visual interface of a display; and
providing an analysis capability for facilitating evaluation and selection of one or more suppliers for buying at least one of goods and services, wherein said visual interface allows a user to directly manipulate data points in the visual interface to explore an information space of potential suppliers and to discover patterns, anomalies, and trends in support of said evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A visual user interface for multi-dimensional analysis of evaluating and selecting suppliers for procurement, comprising:
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a display screen selectively presenting a tree view, a filter view, and a graphic view, the tree view being a hierarchical presentation of summarized expenditure data against one or more dimensions selected by the user, the filter view being a presentation of every dimension of expenditure data in consideration that were not selected by the user for the tree view, wherein the user selectively refines the summarized expenditure data shown in the tree view by using one or more filters associated with the expenditure data dimensions provided in the filter view. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A signal-bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method of a method of evaluating and selecting suppliers for procurement, comprising:
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structuring supplier information on a visual interface of a display; and
providing an analysis capability for facilitating evaluation and selection of one or more suppliers for buying goods and services, wherein said visual interface allows a user to directly manipulate data points in the visual interface to explore an information space of potential suppliers and to discover patterns, anomalies, and trends in support of said evaluation.
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