Architectural design for make to stock application software

US8402426B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Shai Alfandary · Zur Moshe, IL
• Reiner Bildmayer · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Achim Clemens · Speyer, DE
• Andre Doerfler · Mannheim, DE
• Tim Gaiser · Sinsheim, DE
• Stephan Hetzer · Östringen, DE
• Ami Heitner · Netanya, IL
• Jochen Hirth · Birkenau, DE
• Thorsten Kulick · Bensheim, DE
• Andreas Poth · Weingarten, DE
• Andreas Sandner · Weiterstadt, DE
• Jochen Steinbach · Bad Schönborn, DE
• Martin J. Wilmes · Oftersheim, 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: Mar 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• 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 a make to stock process. 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 Accounting process component; a Production process component; a Site Logistics process component; a Confirmation and Inventory process component; a Customer Requirement Processing process component; a Demand Forecast Processing process component; a Supply and Demand Matching process component; a Production Trigger and Response process component; an In-house Requirement Processing process component; a Sales Scheduling Agreement Processing process component; and a Demand Planning process component.