Systems and methods for time-dependent protection of available quantities

US8069086B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Ulrich Von Helmolt · Heidelberg, DE
• Torsten Heise · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0635
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for processing a product order. In one implementation, a method is provided that includes receiving a product order from a customer and determining, based on the received product order, at least one of a date on which the products should be available at a location and a date by which the products should be issued out of the location. The method may also include calculating, based on the determined date, a sourcing due date on which to initiate sourcing, and performing an availability check for the ordered products on the basis of the dates when the sourcing due date is earlier than a predetermined date.