Managing consistent interfaces for service part business objects across heterogeneous systems

US8473317B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Budi Santoso · Wiesloch, DE
• Iouri Loukachev · Walldorf, DE
• Andreas Schoknecht · Linkenheim-Hochstetten, DE
• Michael Schweitzer · Leimen, DE
• Matthias Horn · Tettnang, DE
• Sameer Verma · Walldorf, DE
• Yue Chen · Bellevue, US
• Andreas Huber-Buschbeck · Heiligkreuzsteinach, DE
• Marton Nagy · Budapest, HU

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0202
• 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 service part demand forecast, a service part demand history, a service part inventory replenishment rule, a service part order history, and/or a service part supply plan business object.