Research Article

A Fuzzy Rule-Based Expert System for Evaluating Intellectual Capital

Table 3

Inputs of fuzzy rule-based expert system for sample company.

CriteriaValueItemRating

Performance degreeProportion of staff with a university degree is high
Employee’s knowledgeProportion of 30–50 age employees is medium
Importance degreeTotal training costs/total payroll expenses are medium
Number of employees with a competency development plan/total employees is medium
Importance degreeEmployee’s knowledgeNumber of employees being trained as project managers/total employees is medium
Performance degreeNumber of patent claims is low
Human capitalEmployee’s innovativenessNumber of new products introduced during the past 12 months/total products is medium
Importance degreeCost of research and development/total turnover is low
Performance degreeProportion of generally satisfied employees is high
SatisfactionNumber of day absence/total working days is low
Importance degreeThe response rate in staff satisfaction survey is high
Performance degreeEmployee’s turnover rateNumber of employees leaving the company/total employees is low
Importance degreeEmployees’ total number of seniority/total employees is fair

Performance degreeMarket share rateCompany's sales revenue from market/total sales revenue available in market is high
Importance degreeMarketing initiative is of a considerable amount of importance for the company
Performance degreeCustomer loyaltylongevity of customer relationship is medium
Importance degreeNumber of repeat customers buying the brand /total customers is of a considerable amount of importance for the company
Customer capitalPerformance degreeCustomer satisfactionProportion of customers who are satisfied is high
Importance degreeThe five or ten customer’s proportion of total turnover is fair
Performance degreeCompany considerably have close contact with customer during specification of requirements
Customer relationshipCompany advising the customer considerably during the entire process
Importance degreeGuests sometimes participate in company lunch buffet
Customer representatives sometimes participate at company’s conferences

Performance and Importance degreeTrademarkCompany has a distinctive sign or indicator to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities
Performance degreeOperation processThe proportion of procedures described or proportion of instruction described is fair
Importance degreeStandard operating procedure is of considerable importance for the company
Structural capitalPerformance degreeInformation systemProportion of updated knowledge documents on the intranet is fair
Importance degreeIts costs are high
Performance degreeCorporate cultureEmployees are averagely identified with company’s perspective
Importance degreeHaving values, faith, and behavior criterions which are approved and shared by all the staff is of considerable importance for the company