Part number request processing system and method

• US 20040128318A1
• Filed: 03/24/2003
• Published: 07/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Chien-Yi, Huang, Li-Ying, Chang, Yo-Huang, Peng, Chin-Huan, Chang, Wen-Cheng, Yu, Li-Chuan
• Application Number:
  US10/395,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20040128318A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering

Abstract

A part number request processing system and method is provided which allows a part number requester to efficiently obtain the verification of the part quality. The system resides in a server having a part specification database for storing a plurality of part specification label having part information and corresponding supplier information and a part test database for storing a plurality of part test records having part information and corresponding part test information. When the server receives a request, it extracts the part number specification information and test results to verify if the parts requested meet the standard, if not met, the supplier is assessed; oppositely, if met the purchase request is sent to the supplier. After delivery of the parts, test information is entered into the server via a network system to update the part specification information and part test information to provide the verification of the part purchase request.

Claims

1. A part number request processing system, comprising:

a part number specification database for storing a plurality of part number specification labels, wherein each part number specification label comprises at least part number specification information and supplier information corresponding to the part number specification information;

a part number test database for storing a plurality of part number test records, wherein each part number test record comprises at least part information and test information corresponding to the part information;

a part number verification module for extracting the part number specification information and the corresponding supplier information of a part number according to a required part, extracting the test information from the part number test database, and verifying a quality of parts of a supplier according to the test information when a part number requester submits a part number request form;

a merchandise module for submitting a purchase request via a network system to a supplier according to the supplier information provided by the part number verification module when the part number verification module verifies that a quality of the parts meets a standard; and

a part number import test module for updating the part number specification database and the part number test database according to the supplier information and test results by a request for test results when a test personnel logs into the part number request processing system via a test station and enters a request for test results to provide verification of the part purchase request by the part number verification module according to the part number specification labels and the part number test records.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the network system is Internet or Intranet.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the test station comprises a computer device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the computer device comprises a portable laptop computer or a desktop computer.

5. A part number request processing method suitable for use in a server mainframe established with a part number specification database and a part number test database to allow a part number requester to easily obtain a part that meets a quality standard, wherein the part number specification database is used for storing a plurality of part number specification labels, each part number specification label at least comprising part number specification information and suppler information that corresponds to the part number specification information, and the part number test database is used for storing a plurality of part number test records, each part number test record comprising at least part information and test information that corresponds to the part information, the part number request processing method comprising the steps of:

(1) determining if a part number request form is received by the server mainframe;

if yes, proceeding to step (2);

if no, repeating step (1);

(2) extracting the part number specification information from the part number specification database and the test results from the part number test database by the server mainframe according to a part required by a part number requester when the server mainframe receives a part number request to verify by the server mainframe if the part requested meets a standard according to the part number specification information and the part number test records;

if the standard is not met, a supplier being assessed;

if the standard is met, sending a part number purchase request to a supplier to complete a purchase of the part number; and

(3) determining if the server mainframe receives a notice of part import arrival;

if no, repeating step (3);

if yes, having a test personnel at a test station transmit the part number test information via a network system, allowing the server mainframe to update the part number specification labels stored in the part number specification database and the part number test records stored in the part number test database to provide verification of a purchase of the part number request by the server mainframe according to the part number specification labels and the part number test records.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the network system is Internet or Intranet.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the test station comprises a computer device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the computer device comprises a portable laptop computer or a desktop computer.