Abstract
The rapid globalization in markets for manufactured goods and the growth of information technology has led to the demand for delivering superior value to international customers. Knowledgebased systems, such as the casebased reasoning (CBR) technique, have the potential to play a significant role in managing customer and supplier relationships under the dispersed network production systems model. The characteristic of the CBR technique in case retrieval, reuse, revision and retaining was used in solving a purchasing problem. However, there is a lack of literature in using a casebased tool when comparing supplier bidding for the same order on a global basis. Proposes a casebased supplier management tool (CBSMT) using the CBR technique in the areas of intelligent supplier selection and management that will enhance performance as compared to using the traditional approach. This CBSMT was first proposed as a task allocation tool, it was also used as a tool in a multiagent based virtual enterprise architecture. Describes an overview of the foundational issues related to CBR which provides some methodological approaches and exemplifies the current state through supplier management. Then defines a general supplier selection workflow, followed by the application of the casebased technique to manage the problem of supplier selection. Finally, discusses an application case study of applying this supplier management tool to Honeywell Consumer Products (Hong Kong) Limited to help the selection of suppliers in their daily operations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 15-22 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Measuring Business Excellence |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2002 |
Keywords
- Knowledgebased systems
- Management
- Selection
- Suppliers
- Supplychain management
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business,Management and Accounting
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management