Intelligent Supplier Selection for Corporate Using Knowledge Management Framework

World has shrunk due to globalization of manufacturing trade and financing of such industrial activities. Thus this has increased tremendous competition across the nation. Obviously, the supply chain mechanism of quality products has to keep pace with the competition both qualitatively and quantitatively. Thus this has also catapulted knowledge based economy to new heights. In order to identify quality suppliers, many companies across the globe have invested huge sum in knowledge management systems (KMS) and Corporate Intelligence (CI) activities to manage information and Knowledge resources in their organization to be more competitive. This paper examines the supplier selection process through the resource based theoretical approach to Organizations/enterprises further highlight importance of integrating KMS and CI process to generate and fine tune synergy in order to sustain competitive advantage which will lead the organization to compete strategically in the Knowledge economy. KeywordsCorporate Intelligence; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Codification; Case-Based Reasoning;