SUPPLIER RETRIEVAL DEVICE AND SUPPLIER RETRIEVAL PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of precisely and quickly extracting a supplier which can procure an alternative component and supporting decision making concerning selection of a component to be ordered and an order destination, in retrieving suppliers.;SOLUTION: The supplier retrieval device includes: a control unit for accepting an input of a supplier information storage unit storing a classification code which can be provided by existing supplier information, from a buyer or a supplier; an operation unit for extracting a combination of classification codes which can be provided by an alternative candidate supplier, out of an input of a retrieval condition from the buyer, and calculating similarity with a combination of classification codes which can be provided by an existing supplier; and an output processing unit for outputting results of the operation.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT