Method And System For Monitoring A Supply-Chain
First Claim
1. A data integration and presentation system comprising:
- a first database at a data collection site comprising data in a first format;
a module configured to define user access rights to the first database;
an Internet accessible publisher configured to present data from the first database comprising;
a plurality of presentation views, where the views are associated the access rights;
an alert conditioned on data in the first database; and
analysis filters that query the first database and provide data to the views;
an alert e-mailer module configured to e-mail alerts conditioned on data in the first database;
an extractor configured to communicate with the first database and a second database at a second site, the extractor comprising;
a translator configured to translate from a second format to an XML format;
a communication module configured to transfer data to the data collection site; and
an encryption module configured to encrypt data transferred by the communication module.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring supply chain activity throughout a plurality of supply chain sites includes extracting, at each supply chain site, supply-related data to be monitored. The data is maintained in plural formats at the supply chain sites, and translated the data to a common format. The extracted data is then uploaded to and collected, from each supply chain site, to a data collection center or site. Upon a user request, a portion of the collected data is formatted, at the data collection site, into one of a plurality of views, responsive to criteria selected by the user, for presentation to the user, the portion of formatted data being dependent on access rights granted to the user'"'"'s supply chain site. Finally, the formatted data view is published to the user'"'"'s supply chain site. The data collection center comprises a data collector in which the uploaded data is stored, and a publisher for publishing data from the data collector upon request. Each supply chain site has a data storage device for maintaining its own supply-chain data, a data transfer engine (DTE), for transferring the supply-chain data to the data collection center, input means for allowing a user to query the data collector, and a display for displaying data published by the publisher in response to a query. The inbound data received from the multiple supply chain sites is monitored at the data collection site. If a problem condition is detected, such as a forecasted or present shortage or surplus, an alert is asserted, for example, by highlighting an Alert indicator, such as an Alert tab, on a user screen. Upon selection of the highlighted Alert indicator by a user, details of the detected problem condition are displayed.
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52 Claims
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1. A data integration and presentation system comprising:
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a first database at a data collection site comprising data in a first format; a module configured to define user access rights to the first database; an Internet accessible publisher configured to present data from the first database comprising; a plurality of presentation views, where the views are associated the access rights;
an alert conditioned on data in the first database; andanalysis filters that query the first database and provide data to the views; an alert e-mailer module configured to e-mail alerts conditioned on data in the first database; an extractor configured to communicate with the first database and a second database at a second site, the extractor comprising; a translator configured to translate from a second format to an XML format; a communication module configured to transfer data to the data collection site; and an encryption module configured to encrypt data transferred by the communication module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An inventory collaboration system comprising:
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an Internet accessible publisher configured to present data from a business information database, where the business information database comprises proprietary supply-related data of a first entity and proprietary supply-related data of a second entity; a user access rights module for defining access rights to the business information database; the publisher further comprising; preconfigured analysis filters that query the business information database; and an alert monitor conditioned on data in the business information database and configured to identify surplus or shortage of supply; and an extractor configured to communicate with a proprietary information repository of the first entity and the business information database, the extractor comprising; a translator configured to translate from a second format to an XML format; a communication module configured to transfer data to the data collection site; and an encryption module configured to encrypt data transferred by the communication module. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An inventory collaboration system comprising:
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a publisher accessible over the Internet configured to present data from a business information database, where the business information database comprises proprietary supply-related data of a first entity, proprietary supply-related data of a second entity, and demand related data of a third entity; a configurable access rights module for defining user access rights to the business information database; the publisher further comprising; a plurality of presentation views, where the presentation views are associated with the access rights; and an alert monitor configured to display alerts conditioned on data in the business information database and the access rights; an extractor configured to communicate with a proprietary information repository of the first entity, a proprietary information repository of the second entity, and the business information database, where the extractor comprises an XML messenger configured to exchange information between (1) the first entity proprietary information source and the business information database and (2) the second entity proprietary information source and the business information database; and business analytic applications configured to query data in the business information database and populate the views with the result data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An inventory collaboration system comprising:
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a publisher configured to present data from a business information database, where the business information database comprises proprietary supply-related data of a first entity, proprietary supply-related data of a second entity, and demand related data of a third entity; means for defining user access rights to the business information database; the publisher further comprising a plurality of presentation views, where the presentation views are associated with the access rights; means for extracting data configured to communicate with a proprietary information repository of the first entity, a proprietary information repository of the second entity, and the business information database, where the means for extracting further data comprises an XML messenger configured to exchange information between (1) the first entity proprietary information source and the business information database and (2) the second entity proprietary information source and the business information database; and business analytic applications configured to query data in the business information database and populate the views with the result data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An inventory collaboration system comprising:
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an Internet accessible publisher configured to present data from a business information database; a user access rights module for defining access rights to the business information database; the publisher further comprising; preconfigured analysis filters that query the business information database; and an alert monitor configured to identify surplus or shortage of supply; and an extractor comprising; a translator configured to translate from a second format to an XML format; a communication module configured to transfer data to a data collection site; and an encryption module configured to encrypt data transferred by the communication module. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer implemented inventory collaboration system comprising:
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a publisher accessible over the Internet configured to present data from a business information database; a configurable access rights module for defining user access rights to the business information database; the publisher further comprising a plurality of presentation views, where the presentation views are associated with the access rights; an extractor configured to communicate with a proprietary information repository and the business information database, where the extractor comprises an XML messenger configured to exchange information between the proprietary information repository and the business information database; and business analytic applications configured to query data in the business information database and populate the views with the result data. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. An article comprising a computer readable medium that stores executable instructions for causing a computer device to:
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store information describing operations of a manufacturer in a database; store a plurality of analysis filters; display information on a user interface about an alert type and a category of an alert type associated with that alert type, where the category of alert types is one of several classes of alert types; receive a user request for information about an alert type stored in the database; retrieve the requested information from the database, in response to the request; and update the user interface to display the requested information. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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