Purchase order list

• US 20050197910A1
• Filed: 07/30/2004
• Published: 09/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Welter, Markus, Freitag, Andreas, Wittmer, Holger
• Granted Patent: US 7,853,491 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.81
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders

Abstract

A method and system for organizing purchasing data for a plurality of items is disclosed. The method includes receiving purchasing data for the plurality of items, and generating a purchase order list from the purchasing data. The purchase order list comprises a list of the plurality of items and purchasing data for each item. The system includes means for receiving purchasing data for the plurality of items, and means for generating a purchase order list from the purchasing data, wherein the purchase order list comprises a list of the plurality of items and purchasing data for each item.

Claims

1. A method of organizing purchasing data for a plurality of items, the method comprising:

receiving purchasing data for the plurality of items; and

generating a purchase order list from the purchasing data, wherein the purchase order list comprises a list of the plurality of items and purchasing data for each item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchasing data includes at least one of an item identifier, a quantity, a price, an order date, a delivery date, and a delivery location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchase order list is configured to be sorted according to different types of purchasing data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the purchase order list is configured to be sorted using a graphical user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the purchase order list to include data from a purchase order that has been generated for an item in the purchase order list.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchasing data includes data manually entered by a user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the items include at least one of a retail sales article and a service.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchasing data includes data received from a purchasing list.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the purchasing list is a list of retail sales articles and corresponding planned purchasing quantities for selected planning levels.

10. A system for organizing purchasing data for a plurality of items, the system comprising:

means for receiving purchasing data for the plurality of items; and

means for generating a purchase order list from the purchasing data, wherein the purchase order list comprises a list of the plurality of items and purchasing data for each item.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the purchasing data includes at least one of an item identifier, a quantity, a price, an order date, a delivery date, and a delivery location.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the purchase order list is configured to be sorted according to different types of purchasing data.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the purchase order list is configured to be sorted using a graphical user interface.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising means for updating the purchase order list to include data from a purchase order that has been generated for an item in the purchase order list.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the purchasing data includes data manually entered by a user.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the items include at least one of a retail sales article and a service.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the purchasing data includes data received from a purchasing list.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the purchasing list is a list of retail sales articles and corresponding planned purchasing quantities for selected planning levels.

19. A program product for organizing purchasing data for a plurality of items, the program product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following method steps:

receiving purchasing data for the plurality of items; and

generating a purchase order list from the purchasing data, wherein the purchase order list comprises a list of the plurality of items and purchasing data for each item.

20. The program product of claim 19, wherein the purchasing data includes at least one of an item identifier, a quantity, a price, an order date, a delivery date, and a delivery location.

21. The program product of claim 19, wherein the purchase order list is configured to be sorted according to different types of purchasing data.

22. The program product of claim 21, wherein the purchase order list is configured to be sorted using a graphical user interface.

23. The program product of claim 19, wherein the machine-readable program code is further configured to cause, when executed, one or more machines to perform the method step of updating the purchase order list to include data from a purchase order that has been generated for an item in the purchase order list.

24. The program product of claim 19, wherein the purchasing data includes data manually entered by a user.

25. The program product of claim 19, wherein the items include at least one of a retail sales article and a service.

26. The program product of claim 19, wherein the purchasing data includes data received from a purchasing list.

27. The program product of claim 26, wherein the purchasing list is a list of retail sales articles and corresponding planned purchasing quantities for selected planning levels.