Method and System for Monitoring a Supply-Chain
First Claim
1. A data integration and presentation system comprising:
- a module configured to define user access rights to a business information database;
a publisher configured to present data from the business information database, comprising;
a plurality of presentation views associated with the access rights;
a monitor configured to display alerts conditioned on data in the business information database and the user access rights; and
analysis filters configured to query data in the business information database and populate the views with data; and
an extractor configured to communicate with the business information database and a second information source, comprising;
a translator configured to translate data to an XML format; and
a communication channel between the business information and the second information source.
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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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1. A data integration and presentation system comprising:
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a module configured to define user access rights to a business information database; a publisher configured to present data from the business information database, comprising; a plurality of presentation views associated with the access rights; a monitor configured to display alerts conditioned on data in the business information database and the user access rights; and analysis filters configured to query data in the business information database and populate the views with data; and an extractor configured to communicate with the business information database and a second information source, comprising; a translator configured to translate data to an XML format; and a communication channel between the business information and the second information source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A data integration and presentation system comprising:
a publisher configured to present data from a business information database, wherein the publisher comprises; means for defining user access rights to the business information database; a plurality of presentation views, where the presentation views are associated with the access rights; and means for displaying alerts conditioned on data in the business information database and the access rights; means for filtering data and populating the views with filtered data; and an extractor configured to communicate with the business information database and a second information source, where the extractor comprises; means for translating data from the format of the second information source to the format of the business information database; and means for exchanging XML messages between the second information source and the business information database. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A data integration and presentation system comprising:
a publisher configured to present data from the business information database, comprising; a plurality of presentation views associated with the access rights; a monitor configured to display alerts conditioned on data in the business information database and the user access rights; and analysis filters configured to query data in the business information database and populate the views with data; and an extractor configured to communicate with the business information database and a second information source, comprising an XML translator. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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