Computer readable medium for implementing supply chain control using service-oriented methodology

US8359218B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Poth · Weingarten, DE
• Stephan Hetzer · Östringen, DE
• Achim Clemens · Speyer, DE
• Bernhard Lokowandt · Heidelberg, DE
• Alexander Adam · Idar-Oberstein, DE
• Christian Baeck · Wiesloch, DE
• Martin J. Wilmes · Oftersheim, DE
• Sabine Deimel · Wiesloch, DE
• Renzo Colle · Blankenloch, DE
• Andreas Bettin · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Sascha Weber · Ranstadt, DE
• Hao Zheng · Arlington, US
• Thomas Kretz · Beavercreek, US
• Volker Schott · Schallstadt, DE
• Anton Ruskov Kaharkov · Heidelberg, DE
• Jochen Steinbach · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Thomas Gross-Boelting · Walldorf, DE
• Rainer Tomski · Würselen, DE
• Sanjeev Mehta · Bengaluru, IN
• Jens Freund · Heidelberg, DE
• Frank Wagner · Reiskirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 22, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0202
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having supply chain control functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.