Providing supplier relationship management software application as enterprise services

US8401928B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Karina Herrmann · Weinheim, DE
• Andreas Brossler · Leingarten, DE
• Torsten Reichardt · Malsch, DE
• Markus Biehler · Landau, DE
• Hueseyin Haybat · Mannheim, DE
• Christoph Jungkind · Heidelberg, DE
• Pascal Hochwarth · Radevormwald, DE
• Amrish Singh · Wiesloch, DE
• Karin Brecht-Tillinger · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Zeno Rummler · Blankenloch, DE
• Peter Fitz · Waldsee, DE
• Ralf Sievers · Walldorf, DE
• Antonia Gross-Tarakji · Sinsheim, DE
• Brit Panzer · Mannheim, DE
• Tobias Hoppe-Boeken · Wiesbaden, DE
• Paola Sala · Heidelberg, DE
• Andre Wagner · Sinsheim, DE
• Giovanni Deledda · Wiesloch, DE
• Robert Reiner · Sandhausen, DE
• Benjamin Klehr · Rastatt, DE
• Tilo Reinhardt · Waghäusel, DE
• Gregor Tielsch · Mannheim, DE
• Gururaj C S · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2013
• Expiry date: May 14, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0633
• 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 supplier relationship management 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.