Abstract: Provided is a computer-based supplier knowledge management method, system, and computer program product. The system embodies the computer program code which, when executed performs the method. The method includes establishing an electronic profile for one or more users from an entity; establishing an electronic supplier profile for each of a plurality of suppliers, each supplier profile comprising a set of supplier keywords; generating an electronic RFI by an entity user, the RFI comprising a set of user specified RFI keywords corresponding to a project; and electronically processing the RFI, including performing keyword matching between the RFI keywords and one or more of the supplier profiles and generating a list of candidate suppliers for the project based, at least in part, on the keyword matching.