Managing consistent interfaces for goods tag, production bill of material hierarchy, and release order template business objects across heterogeneous systems

US8417588B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Benjamin Ringl · Leimen, DE
• Frank O. Schulz · Schwetzingen, DE
• Martin Schmidt · Poing, DE
• Martin J. Wilmes · Oftersheim, DE
• Michael Hartel · Heidelberg, DE
• Michael Seubert · Sinsheim, DE
• Sabine Seelenmeyer · Ettlingen, DE
• Sergio Rozenszajn · Rehovot, IL
• Stefan Moeller · Munich, DE
• Thilo Kraehmer · Heidelberg, DE
• Thomas Friedrich · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Werner Gnan · Angelbachtal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0635
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a goods tag, a production bill of material hierarchy, and/or a release order template business object.