Method and apparatus for collaboratively managing supply chains

US6157915A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Kumar Bhaskaran · Englewood, US
• Daniel P. Connors · Pleasant Valley, US
• Fenno F. Heath, III · Woodbridge, US
• Nitin Nayak · Ossining, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0601
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An active collaboration technology in an open architectural framework that delivers information and decision support tools in a timely, contextual and role sensitive manner to present a collaborative dynamic decision making capability to a community of role players within a supply chain process. Such a comprehensive collaborative dynamic decision making capability is made possible through the integration of the business process, the organization of role players and relevant business applications.