Data management system

US8473377B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED · IE

Inventors

• Gerald W. Smith · Clayton, US
• Joseph L. Luna · Spring, US
• Thomas C. Robinson · Berkeley, US
• Paul Arthur Wulf · Katy, US
• Hacene Benchikha · San Antonio, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 29, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A data management system may include computer code to receive data that may include financial data and related data. The computer code may store the data in a database. The financial data may include data not tracked by a general ledger, such as contractual commitments, operating leases, head count, environmental incidents, lost time, disposal of operations, etc. The financial data may be applicable to different business units. The computer code may be configured to permit access to, entry of, and sign-off on the data only by users granted authority to do so. The financial data may include different data categories, and the data management system may be configured to use a different workflow to manage the data based on the data category of the financial data. The computer code may generate reports from the data retrieved from the database.