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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR SELL FROM STOCK APPLICATION SOFTWARE

  • US 20100070317A1
  • Filed: 09/18/2008
  • Published: 03/18/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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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 accounting process component that records all relevant business transactions for valuation and profitability analysis;

    a financial accounting master data management process component that is responsible for the management of financial accounting master data that is used both for accounting and costing purposes;

    an outbound delivery processing process component that manages and processes the outbound delivery requirements for shipping goods to a product recipient;

    a site logistics processing process component that combines tasks concerning the preparation, physical execution, and confirmation of logistics processes within a site;

    an inventory processing process component that combines tasks required for the management of inventory and recording of inventory changes;

    a customer requirement processing process component that combines the tasks required for controlling customer requirements in the supply chain;

    a supply and demand matching process component that combines all the tasks necessary to ensure that sufficient material receipt elements exist to cover material demand, while taking available capacity into account;

    a logistics execution control process component that creates, controls and monitors the supply chain execution activities necessary for the fulfillment of an order on a macro logistics level;

    a due item processing process component that is used for the collection, management and monitoring of trade receivables or payables and corresponding sales or withholding tax;

    a balance of foreign payment management process component that is used for the collection, processing, and reporting of receivables and payables according to foreign trade regulations that are required by the central banks to create the balance of payments of a country;

    a payment processing process component that combines all the tasks necessary for the processing and management of all payments;

    a customer invoice processing process component that is used for invoicing a customer for the delivery of goods or the provision of services;

    a customer quote processing process component that is used to process quotes to customers offering the delivery of goods according to specific terms; and

    a sales order processing process component that handles customers'"'"' requests to a seller for the delivery of goods on a specific date, for a specific quantity, and for a specific price; 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 payment processing process component and the accounting process component;

    the due item processing process component and the accounting process component;

    the logistics execution control process component and the outbound delivery processing process component;

    the outbound delivery processing process component and the customer invoice processing process component;

    the sales order processing process component and the customer invoice processing process component;

    the customer invoice processing process component and the accounting process component;

    the sales order processing process component and the accounting process component;

    the payment processing process component and the due item processing process component;

    the logistics execution control process component and the site logistics processing process component;

    the sales order processing process component and the customer requirement processing process component;

    the site logistics processing process component and the accounting process component;

    the customer quote processing process component and the customer requirement processing process component;

    the due item processing process component and the payment processing process component;

    the customer invoice processing process component and the due item processing process component;

    the sales order processing process component and the financial accounting master data management process component;

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

    the customer quote processing process component and the financial accounting master data management process component;

    the site logistics processing process component and the site logistics processing process component;

    the customer invoice processing process component and the balance of foreign payment management process component; and

    the due item processing process component and the accounting process component.

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