Appeal 2007-0223
Application 09/752,090
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to facilitating supplier qualification and quality
management functions in a communications network environment.
Claim 44 is illustrative:
44. A method for facilitating supplier qualification and quality
management functions in a communications network environment,
comprising:
qualifying suppliers, parts, and technologies in a collaborative
network environment via a web-based user interface and shared data
repository, said qualifying suppliers, parts, and technologies
including:
acquiring supplier capabilities, part data, and supplier
technology data from at least one collaborative source via said
web-based user interface, said collaborative source including a
supplier, a manufacturing representative, and at least one of an
electronic catalog and a commercial data repository;
storing acquired data in said shared data repository, said
acquired data accessible to affected collaborative sources; and
performing quality management functions via said web-based
user interface and shared data repository, said quality management
functions including at least one of:
managing identified changes to a supplier product;
managing process changes proposed by a supplier;
assessing quality metrics provided by a supplier.
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