System and method for enabling supplier manufacturing integration
First Claim
1. A method for enabling supplier manufacturing integration, the method comprising:
- integrating at least one supplier and a company seeking a component from said supplier into a collaborative process in which information sharing and coordination between various subgroups of the company and the supplier is desired; and
allowing collaboration between the company and the supplier during at least a portion of the collaborative process.
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Abstract
A system and method for enabling supplier manufacturing integration to allow coordination of, and access to, information between various groups within a supplier and an organization procuring a component from the supplier. The system includes a network application that operates to integrate the supplier with personnel from the organization into a substantially concurrent, asynchronous, and collaborative design and build process. The system allows a user to select a business model for the supplier manufacturing integration process by choosing from a plurality of predefined process templates or by creating a customized process template. The system also allows for entry and updating of component data in accordance with the selected business model and the user'"'"'s level of component data access and capability, which is determined by component status, the user'"'"'s type, and the user'"'"'s account type. The system further manages the component data and the various process steps in accordance with the selected business model.
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1. A method for enabling supplier manufacturing integration, the method comprising:
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integrating at least one supplier and a company seeking a component from said supplier into a collaborative process in which information sharing and coordination between various subgroups of the company and the supplier is desired; and
allowing collaboration between the company and the supplier during at least a portion of the collaborative process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for enabling supplier manufacturing integration, the method comprising:
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selecting a business model for a collaborative process, the business model comprising at least one process step;
using at least one of component status, user type, and account type to determine a level of component data access and capability for a user;
allowing a user to provide component data in accordance with the selected business model and with the user'"'"'s level of component data access and capability;
managing the component data in accordance with the selected business model;
managing each process step in accordance with the selected business model;
providing an event notification upon completion of a process step, the event notification indicating the process step completion and indicating a next process step to be performed; and
allowing each process step, upon completion, to be signed off by a designated person before a corresponding event notification is provided. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for enabling supplier manufacturing integration, the system comprising:
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a computer executable module for integrating at least one supplier and a company seeking a component from said supplier into a collaborative process in which information sharing and coordination between various subgroups of the company and the supplier is desired; and
a computer executable module for allowing electronic data exchange between the supplier and the company during at least a portion of the collaborative process. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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