Method for generating customized alerts related to the procurement, sourcing, strategic sourcing and/or sale of one or more items by an enterprise
First Claim
1. A method using a computer system, which includes a data mart with internal data from one or more data sources and external data from one or more data sources, and one or more software modules, the method generating alerts related to event(s) and/or impact of the event(s) relevant to the procurement, sourcing, strategic sourcing, and/or sale of one or more items by an enterprise, and comprising the steps of:
- identifying, via the one or more software modules, one or more conditions of the internal data, the external data, or both, and/or one or more calculations to be applied to the internal data, the external data, or both, wherein the one or more conditions and the one or more calculations are related to the one or more items and/or the procurement, sourcing, strategic sourcing, and/or sale of the one or more items;
if at least one of the one or more conditions are satisfied and/or one of the one or more calculations are applied, triggering, via the one or more software modules, one or more alerts for the user(s); and
if at least one of the one or more alerts are triggered, providing as a result to the user, via the one or more software modules, one or more computer-initiated options for executing one or more action(s) with respect to the procurement, sourcing, strategic sourcing, and/or sale of the one or more items.
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Abstract
A method for generating customized alerts related to the procurement, sourcing, strategic sourcing and/or sale of one or more items by an enterprise is disclosed. The method is based on a Value Chain Intelligence (VCI) system that enables suppliers and procurement professionals to leverage enterprise and marketplace data in order to potentially improve decision-making in business enterprises. Accordingly, internal data from enterprises and external data from suppliers, catalogs, and marketplaces are integrated and analyzed in real time for their impact on supply chains processes. When an event occurs or data is received potentially affecting decisions regarding the procurement, sourcing, strategic sourcing, and/or sale of one or more items, the system correlates the data with predetermined conditions, which, when satisfied, trigger one or more software modules to send alerts to specified users about the potential impact of the event and/or data on the particular item/s. Alerts may be system-defined or user-defined, and customized according to types of users, messages, media, format, and other factors. Components for implementing this method consist of internal data collection components, external data collection components, data integration components, and data application components. Various methods for searching, extracting, transforming, integrating, analyzing, and representing both data internal to an enterprise and data external to an enterprise are also disclosed.
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1. A method using a computer system, which includes a data mart with internal data from one or more data sources and external data from one or more data sources, and one or more software modules, the method generating alerts related to event(s) and/or impact of the event(s) relevant to the procurement, sourcing, strategic sourcing, and/or sale of one or more items by an enterprise, and comprising the steps of:
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identifying, via the one or more software modules, one or more conditions of the internal data, the external data, or both, and/or one or more calculations to be applied to the internal data, the external data, or both, wherein the one or more conditions and the one or more calculations are related to the one or more items and/or the procurement, sourcing, strategic sourcing, and/or sale of the one or more items;
if at least one of the one or more conditions are satisfied and/or one of the one or more calculations are applied, triggering, via the one or more software modules, one or more alerts for the user(s); and
if at least one of the one or more alerts are triggered, providing as a result to the user, via the one or more software modules, one or more computer-initiated options for executing one or more action(s) with respect to the procurement, sourcing, strategic sourcing, and/or sale of the one or more items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97)
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