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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR PHYSICAL INVENTORY APPLICATION SOFTWARE

  • US 20090171758A1
  • Filed: 12/31/2007
  • Published: 07/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer program product comprising application software encoded on a tangible machine-readable information carrier, the application software being structured as process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, the software comprising:

  • a plurality of process components, each of the process components being a package of software implementing a respective and distinct business process, the plurality of process components including;

    an inventory processing process component that manages inventory and the recording of inventory changes;

    a physical inventory processing process component that manages a process for preparing and executing a physical inventory count, from the preparation, through the actual counting and gathering of count results, to the approval of those results;

    a supply and demand matching process component that combines the tasks for ensuring that sufficient material receipt elements exist to cover material demand while taking available capacity into account for ad-hoc goods movement and for inventory reconciliation; and

    an accounting process component that records relevant business transactions for valuation and profitability analysis; and

    a plurality of service operations, each service operation being implemented for a respective process component, the operations comprising inbound and outbound operations, the outbound operation for a first process component being operable to send a message to a second process component of the plurality of process components, the second process component having an inbound operation for receiving the message, the passing of messages between an inbound and an outbound operation defining a message-based pair-wise interaction between the respective process components of the respective operations, the pair-wise interactions between pairs of the process components including interactions between;

    the inventory processing process component and the accounting process component;

    the inventory processing process component and the supply and demand matching process component;

    the physical inventory processing process component and the inventory processing process component; and

    the physical inventory processing process component and the physical inventory processing component.

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