Architectural design for plan-driven procurement application software

US8380553B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Arthur Berger · Fair Haven, US
• Bettina Jaeger · Heidelberg, DE
• Peter Fitz · Waldsee, DE
• Karin Brecht-Tillinger · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Arnulf Schueler · Heidelberg, DE
• Paola Sala · Heidelberg, DE
• Armin Schwarz · Sandy, US
• Otfried Von Geisau · Sinsheim, DE
• Peter J. Neumayer · Edenkoben, DE
• Matthias Tebbe · Walldorf, DE
• Jens Freund · Heidelberg, DE
• Stefan Kaetker · Dossenheim, DE
• Gerd Moosmann · Pforzheim, DE
• Peter Latocha · Malsch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/108
• 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 plan-driven procurement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Inbound Delivery Processing process component, a Material Inspection Processing process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, a Confirmation and Inventory process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Purchasing Contract process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Demand Forecast Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, an External Procurement Trigger and Response process component, and a Logistics Execution Control process component.