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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
John S. Maresca, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Robert D. Hayes, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Brent R. Jensen, Austin, TX (US);
Edward Kobeda, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric T. Lambert, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Katherine J. Pearsall, Georgetown, TX (US);
Benjamin J. Steele, Jr., Newburgh, NY (US);
Michael J. Whitney, Cary, NC (US);
Paul A. Zulpa, Woodbury, CT (US);
John S. Maresca, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Robert D. Hayes, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Brent R. Jensen, Austin, TX (US);
Edward Kobeda, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric T. Lambert, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Katherine J. Pearsall, Georgetown, TX (US);
Benjamin J. Steele, Jr., Newburgh, NY (US);
Michael J. Whitney, Cary, NC (US);
Paul A. Zulpa, Woodbury, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to an integrated computer-based method and system for facilitating supplier qualification and quality management. This computer-based method and system includes a host system receiving a request from a user system to execute supplier qualification and quality management software, executing the requested software at the host system, sending results of the software execution to the user system, receiving input at the host system from the user system in response to the software execution, and providing the user system with output generated as a result of executing the software. The supplier qualification and quality management software includes a selection module, a qualification module and a quality module.