Architectural design for self-service procurement application software

US8315900B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Armin Schwarz · Sandy, US
• Arnulf Schueler · Heidelberg, DE
• Arthur Berger · Fair Haven, US
• Karin Brecht-Tillinger · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Paola Sala · Heidelberg, DE
• Peter Fitz · Waldsee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 20, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 4, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/123
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing service procurement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Accounting process component, an Internal Request Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Payment Processing process component, an RFQ Processing process component, a Project Processing process component, a Source of Supply Determination process component, a Due Item Processing process component, a Balance Of Foreign Payment Management process component, a Pricing Engine process component, and an Accounting Coding Block Distribution Processing process component.