Architectural design for self-service procurement application software

US8676617B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Arthur Berger · Fair Haven, US
• Bettina Jaeger · Heidelberg, DE
• Peter Fitz · Waldsee, DE
• Karin Brecht-Tillinger · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Arnulf Schueler · Heidelberg, DE
• Paola Sala · Heidelberg, DE
• Armin Schwarz · Sandy, US
• Peter J. Neumayer · Edenkoben, DE
• Otfried Von Geisau · Sinsheim, DE
• Matthias Tebbe · Walldorf, DE
• Jens Freund · Heidelberg, DE
• Stefan Kaetkep · Dossenheim, DE
• Gerd Moosmann · Pforzheim, DE
• Peter Latocha · Malsch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2005
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 26, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0633
• 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 self-service procurement used to procure goods and services “ad hoc” by requests from within an organization. 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, an Internal Request Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Payment Processing process component, an RFQ Processing process component, and a Due Item Processing process component.