Architectural design for sell from stock application software

US8321250B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Nir Pachter · Afula, IL
• Thomas Bach · Lone Tree, US
• Cordula Ude · Östringen, DE
• Tao Yu · Wiesloch, DE
• Stefan Adelmann · Mannheim, DE
• Rainer Heun · Reilingen, DE
• Katja Kasteleiner · Mannheim, DE
• Andrea Sudbrack · Heidelberg, DE
• Steffen Hartig · Schallstadt, DE
• Ralf Reinke · Wiesloch, DE
• Thomas Breitling · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Sandra Boehringer · Zell am Harmersbach, DE
• Daniel Pascariu · Heidelberg, DE
• Theo Zimmermann · Wiesloch, DE
• Martin Von Der Emde · Wiesloch, DE
• Frank Krueger · Bothell, US
• Andreas Huppert · Neulußheim, DE
• Andreas Bettin · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Renzo Colle · Blankenloch, DE
• Jochen Hirth · Birkenau, DE
• Thomas Hoffmann · Münstermaifeld, DE
• Alexander Krasinskiy · Sandhausen, DE
• Irena Kull · Yehud Monosson, IL
• Klaus Reinelt · Gondelsheim, DE
• Jochen Steinbach · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Stephan Hetzer · Östringen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 27, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 14, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/04
• 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 sell from stock software useful to process quotations, capture orders, process delivery and invoice. 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; a Financial Accounting Master Data Management process component; an Outbound Delivery Processing process component; a Site Logistics Processing process component; an Inventory Processing process component; a Customer Requirement Processing process component; a Supply and Demand Matching process component; a Logistics Execution Control process component; a Due Item Processing process component; a Balance of Foreign Payment Management process component; a Payment Processing process component; a Customer Invoice Processing process component; a Customer Quote Processing process component; and a Sales Order Processing process component.