Assigning tangible assets to workplaces

US7853470B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Mirjam Sonnleithner · San Francisco, US
• Bettina Giese · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 14, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for assigning tangible assets to workplaces includes receiving input data provided at an input interface, the input data including information about a situation that requires to update a structure of current assignments of specific tangible assets to specific workplaces, selecting, dependent upon the information of the received input data, a workplace profile from a profile database, wherein the workplace profile corresponds to a workplace type and includes a predefined set of asset types, of which types specific tangible assets can be to be assigned to a specific workplace of the workplace type, retrieving, from an assignment database, assignment data including information about the current assignment structure, comparing the selected workplace profile with the retrieved assignment data, determining an update proposal for updating the current assignment structure, and providing output data to an output interface, the output data including information about the update proposal.