System and method for managing market activities
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1. A method for communicating supply chain data between a plurality of supply chain trading partners, said method comprising the steps:
- creating a market activity, said market activity created by a first trading partner, said market activity having at least one attribute;
determining a status of market activity; and
allowing a second trading partner access to said market activity based upon said determined status.
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Abstract
A system and method for sharing and managing supply chain data including data relating to market activities. The system generates an item called a market activity, which may be accessed by one or more users. The system may comprise of several other logistical systems and/or may interface with other systems providing a number of functionalities relating to market activity data and other data useful in implementing and evaluating market activities. The system may further control user access to supply chain data based upon the status of the market activity.
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1. A method for communicating supply chain data between a plurality of supply chain trading partners, said method comprising the steps:
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creating a market activity, said market activity created by a first trading partner, said market activity having at least one attribute;
determining a status of market activity; and
allowing a second trading partner access to said market activity based upon said determined status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine, said instructions for communicating supply chain data between a plurality of supply chain trading partners, executing the steps of:
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creating a market activity, said market activity created by a first trading partner, said market activity having at least one attribute;
determining a status of market activity, wherein said status is one of a draft status, an offer status, a planning status, an execution status and an evaluation status; and
allowing a second trading partner access to said market activity based upon said determined status. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for communicating supply chain data between a plurality of supply chain trading partners, comprising:
a market activity manager module for creating a market activity having at least one attribute, wherein said market activity generator module receives status information of the market activity and receives a notification granting access to a trading partner based upon said status. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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