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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Robert A DiMarco, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Vincent J Giancaspro, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Michael J Whitney, Cary, NC (US);
Feng Xue, Singapore, SG;
Jung H Yoon, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for determining quality includes receiving supplier quality data from a supplier. The supplier quality data includes discrete quality data. The supplier quality data is for a quantity of a component supplied to a company or for a service provided on behalf of the company over a supplier measurement period. The method includes aggregating quality data from two or more suppliers. The quality data is for the supplied component or provided service over a baseline time period. The method includes determining a quality benchmark using the aggregated quality data and setting one or more alarm levels. The alarm levels are based on the quality benchmark of the aggregated quality data. The method includes determining supplier quality level for the supplier for the supplier measurement time period. The supplier quality is based on the supplier quality data. The method includes determining if the supplier quality data exceeds an alarm level.