Method and system for purchase order data entry

• US 20060015417A1
• Filed: 03/07/2005
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Haase, Michael, Biwer, Michael, Freitag, Andreas, Wittmer, Holger
• Granted Patent: US 7,983,962 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0637 Approvals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A method of entering purchase order data includes receiving first data associated with an item. The first data comprises data entered by a user using a graphical user interface associated with a computerized purchasing system for at least one of products and services. The method also includes transferring the first data to a purchase order list in response to a single user input command facilitated by the graphical user interface, and displaying the first data and second data associated with the item as a purchase order list line item in the purchase order list using the graphical user interface in response to the single user input command. The second data includes at least one of data stored in the computerized purchasing system and data generated by the computerized purchasing system based on the first data.

Claims

1. A method of entering purchase order data, comprising:

receiving first data associated with an item, wherein the first data comprises data entered by a user using a graphical user interface associated with a computerized purchasing system for at least one of products and services;

transferring the first data to a purchase order list in response to a single user input command facilitated by the graphical user interface; and

displaying the first data and second data associated with the item as a purchase order list line item in the purchase order list using the graphical user interface in response to the single user input command, wherein the second data includes at least one of data stored in the computerized purchasing system and data generated by the computerized purchasing system based on the first data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a first screen area configured to facilitate receiving the first data, and a second screen area configured to facilitate displaying the first data and the second data;

and

wherein the first screen area comprises data entry fields and a cursor configured to allow the user to navigate among the data entry fields in order to enter the first data.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising returning the cursor to a predetermined first one of the data entry fields in response to the single user input command.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the first data and the second data comprises displaying the purchase order list line item in a position ahead of a previously transferred purchase order list line item in the purchase order list.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the first data comprises receiving data entered by a user using the graphical user interface and one of a keyboard and a mouse;

and

wherein transferring the first data to the purchase order list in response to the single user input command comprises transferring the first data in response to receiving the single user input command from the one of the keyboard and the mouse.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first data comprises data entered by the user for a plurality of items selected by the user from a predetermined list of items accessible via the graphical user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second data includes at least one of a vendor, a delivery date, a purchase order date and a price generated by the computerized purchasing system based on the first data.

8. A purchasing system, comprising:

means for receiving first data associated with an item, wherein the first data comprises data entered by a user using a graphical user interface associated with a computerized purchasing system for at least one of products and services;

means for transferring the first data to a purchase order list in response to a single user input command facilitated by the graphical user interface; and

means for displaying the first data and second data associated with the item as a purchase order list line item in the purchase order list using the graphical user interface in response to the single user input command, wherein the second data includes at least one of data stored in the computerized purchasing system and data generated by the computerized purchasing system based on the first data.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a first screen area configured to facilitate receiving the first data, and a second screen area configured to facilitate displaying the first data and the second data;

and

wherein the first screen area comprises data entry fields and a cursor configured to allow the user to navigate among the data entry fields in order to enter the first data.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising means for returning the cursor to a predetermined first one of the data entry fields in response to the single user input command.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for displaying the first data and the second data is configured to display the purchase order list line item in a position ahead of a previously transferred purchase order list line item in the purchase order list.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein the means for receiving the first data is configured to receive data entered by a user using the graphical user interface and one of a keyboard and a mouse;

and

wherein the means for transferring the first data to the purchase order list in response to the single user input command is configured to transfer the first data in response to receiving the single user input command from the one of the keyboard and the mouse.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the first data comprises data entered by the user for a plurality of items selected by the user from a predetermined list of items accessible via the graphical user interface.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the second data includes at least one of a vendor, a delivery date, a purchase order date and a price generated by the computerized purchasing system based on the first data.

15. A program product for facilitating purchase order data entry, the program product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following method steps:

receiving first data associated with an item, wherein the first data comprises data entered by a user using a graphical user interface associated with a computerized purchasing system for at least one of products and services;

transferring the first data to a purchase order list in response to a single user input command facilitated by the graphical user interface; and

displaying the first data and second data associated with the item as a purchase order list line item in the purchase order list using the graphical user interface in response to the single user input command, wherein the second data includes at least one of data stored in the computerized purchasing system and data generated by the computerized purchasing system based on the first data.

16. The program product of claim 15, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a first screen area configured to facilitate receiving the first data, and a second screen area configured to facilitate displaying the first data and the second data;

and

wherein the first screen area comprises data entry fields and a cursor configured to allow the user to navigate among the data entry fields in order to enter the first data.

17. The program product of claim 16, wherein the machine-readable program code is further configured to cause, when executed, the one or more machines to perform the following method step:

returning the cursor to a predetermined first one of the data entry fields in response to the single user input command.

18. The program product of claim 16, wherein displaying the first data and the second data comprises displaying the purchase order list line item in a position ahead of a previously transferred purchase order list line item in the purchase order list.

19. The program product of claim 16, wherein receiving the first data comprises receiving data entered by a user using the graphical user interface and one of a keyboard and a mouse;

and

wherein transferring the first data to the purchase order list in response to the single user input command comprises transferring the first data in response to receiving the single user input command from the one of the keyboard and the mouse.

20. The program product of claim 15, wherein the first data comprises data entered by the user for a plurality of items selected by the user from a predetermined list of items accessible via the graphical user interface.

21. The program product of claim 15, wherein the second data includes at least one of a vendor, a delivery date, a purchase order date and a price generated by the computerized purchasing system based on the first data.