Method and system for supply chain product and process development collaboration

US7747572B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Waypoint Global II, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steve Toren Scott · Yorktown, US
• William A. Kivett · New Palestine, US
• Robert A. Burdick · Westfield, US
• Dwight E. Funk · Muncie, US
• Kevin B. Jackson · Scottsdale, US
• David McCauley · Palo Alto, US
• Rebecca Ruselink · Indianapolis, US
• Jason Brown · Keller, US
• Kyle Jones · Glen Rose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 9, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for supply chain product and process development collaboration. The supply chain is comprised of at least one project, each project having a part (or family of parts), a supplier of the part, and a customer. The system may include a data storage and retrieval device operably connected to a processor. The system's functions include collaboration tools and security based on the users' project roles. The method uses a methodology that ensures certain requirements are met prior to satisfying the methodology. The system and method of the present invention ensures that current, applicable methodologies are applied to a specific part and allows for collaboration between the customer and supplier during all phases of the project. Because all projects in a supply chain are present, a user can navigate throughout the supply chain. The supply chain's reporting functions permit determination of potential performance risks and the source thereof.