KBS Project Report Vendor Selection Expert System

The purpose of this Knowledge Based System (KBS) is to aid Procurement Agents and Manufacturing Engineers in the selection of qualified vendors to fabricate company designed parts. Typically, no one has all of the required knowledge needed to select a suitable vendor for a broad range of custom parts. Required knowledge includes the ability to determine the parts\u27 requirements, and knowledge of vendors\u27 capabilities and their current performance. We believe that a KBS can be developed that would centralize all of the experts\u27 knowledge into a common set of rules and procedures that includes feedback methods for vendors\u27 performance