Method and system for purchase order data entry

US7983962B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Holger Wittmer · Aichach, DE
• Michael Biwer · Lauterbach, DE
• Andreas Freitag · Saarburg, DE
• Michael Haase · New Berlin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2011
• Expiry date: May 28, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0641
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of entering purchase order data includes receiving first data associated with an item. The first data comprises data entered by a user using a graphical user interface associated with a computerized purchasing system for at least one of products and services. The method also includes transferring the first data to a purchase order list in response to a single user input command facilitated by the graphical user interface, and displaying the first data and second data associated with the item as a purchase order list line item in the purchase order list using the graphical user interface in response to the single user input command. The second data includes at least one of data stored in the computerized purchasing system and data generated by the computerized purchasing system based on the first data.