Method and system for automatically maintaining the consistency of an information system
US8428981B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/063
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system maintains a plurality of business elements. Each of the business elements represents a business function that may or may not be needed depending on a customer's business requirement. A scoping process is a process which determines what business elements are required according to the customer's business requirement and the relationships exist among some of the business elements. The ERP system provides an automatic business configuration subsystem. The automatic business configuration subsystem maintains a set of rules. Each of the rules representing a relationship between two business elements maintained at the ERP system. The automatic business configuration subsystem automatically determines which business elements are required and need to be implemented based on the set of rules. The automatic business configuration subsystem may also automatically determine whether statuses of the business elements are consistent with each other in view of the rules.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.