Program management of supplier deliverables using web-enabled software

• US 20080065515A1
• Filed: 04/24/2003
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Agile Software Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Agile Software Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Bowler, Steve B.
• Application Number:
  US10/422,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20080065515A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

The Supplier Deliverable embodies a full integration of previously fragmented methods for managing the creation and transmission of intellectual property by a supplier that is part of a larger program. By providing the Adapters to the other applications, the Program Management Application becomes the “glue” that binds the different processes and methods together in a single place. Management and team members are better able to measure progress toward an overall product development goal, and suppliers have a single point-of-contact through which to resolve issues and report progress.

Claims

1. A method of managing supplier data for a Program, said method comprising:

Creating a Supplier Deliverable, said Supplier Deliverable having Supplier Deliverable Attributes;

Providing information about said Supplier Deliverable to a Product Data Management Application;

Updating information about said Supplier Deliverable with data from said Product Data Management Application; and

Transmitting notifications about said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes including changes to said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said Transmitting is Electronic Messaging.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said Transmitting is E-mailing.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

Providing information about said Supplier Deliverable to a Supply Chain Application; and

Updating information about said Supplier Deliverable with data from said Supply Chain Application.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said Transmitting is Electronic Messaging.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein said Transmitting is E-mailing.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein the Supplier Deliverable Attributes include a status, a delivery date, revision data, and progress data.

7. A computerized method of managing supplier data for a Program, said method comprising:

Creating a Supplier Deliverable, said Supplier Deliverable having Supplier Deliverable Attributes;

Providing information about said Supplier Deliverable to a Supply Chain Application;

Updating information about said Supplier Deliverable with data from said Supply Chain Application;

Providing information about said Supplier Deliverable to a Product Data Management Application;

Updating information about said Supplier Deliverable with data from said Product Data Management Application; and

Transmitting notifications about said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes including changes to said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said Transmitting is Electronic Messaging.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein said Transmitting is E-mailing.

10. A computerized method of managing supplier data for a Program with a web-based Program Management Application, said method comprising:

Creating a Supplier Deliverable, said Supplier Deliverable having Supplier Deliverable Attributes, said Supplier Deliverable corresponding to one or more tables in a database, said supplier Deliverable Attributes corresponding to records and fields of said tables in said database;

Providing information about said Supplier Deliverable to a Supply Chain Application, said information including data from said fields, said records, and said tables of said database;

Updating information about said Supplier Deliverable with data from said Supply Chain Application, said information including data for said fields, said records, and said tables of said database;

Providing information about said Supplier Deliverable to a Product Data Management Application, said information including data from said fields, said records, and said tables of said database;

Updating information about said Supplier Deliverable with data from said Product Data Management Application, said information including data for said fields, said records, and said tables of said database; and

Transmitting notifications about said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes including changes to said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said Transmitting is Electronic Messaging.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein said Transmitting is E-mailing.

13. A set of Application Program Interfaces embodied on a computer-readable medium for execution on a computer in conjunction with an application program that manages supplier data, said Application Program Interfaces comprising:

A first interface that receives Deliverable Data and Deliverable Attributes Data for said Deliverable Data and updates said Deliverable Data and said Deliverable Attributes Data;

A second interface that receives Team Member Data and Team Member Attributes Data for said Team Member Data and transmits information about said Deliverable Data, said Deliverable Attributes Data, said Team Member Data and said Team Member Attributes Data.

14. A set of Application Program Interfaces embodied on a computer-readable medium for execution on a computer in conjunction with an application program that manages supplier data, said Application Program Interfaces comprising:

A first interface that receives Supplier Data and Supplier Attributes Data for said Supplier Data and updates said Supplier Data and said Supplier Attributes Data;

A second interface that receives Deliverable Data and Deliverable Attributes Data for said Deliverable Data and updates said Deliverable Data and said Deliverable Attributes Data;

A third interface that receives Team Member Data and Team Member Attributes Data for said Team Member Data and transmits information about said Supplier Data, said Supplier Attributes Data, said Deliverable Data, said Deliverable Attributes Data, said Team Member Data and said Team Member Attributes Data.

15. A system for managing supplier data for a Program, said system comprising:

A processor programmed for;

Creating a Supplier Deliverable, said Supplier Deliverable having Supplier Deliverable Attributes;

Providing information about said Supplier Deliverable to a Product Data Management Application;

Updating information about said Supplier Deliverable with data from said Product Data Management Application; and

Transmitting notifications about said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes including changes to said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said Transmitting is Electronic Messaging.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein said Transmitting is E- mailing.

18. A computer-readable medium having computer- executable instructions for a method of managing supplier data for a Program, said method comprising:

Creating a Supplier Deliverable, said Supplier Deliverable having Supplier Deliverable Attributes;

Providing information about said Supplier Deliverable to a Product Data Management Application;

Updating information about said Supplier Deliverable with data from said Product Data Management Application; and

Transmitting notifications about said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes including changes to said Supplier Deliverable and said Supplier Deliverable Attributes.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein said Transmitting is Electronic Messaging.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein said Transmitting is E-mailing.