Purchase list having status indicators

• US 7,805,335 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2004
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Wittmer, Holger, Freitag, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Zeender; F. Ryan
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALMATRAHI, FARIS S
• Application Number:
  US10/903,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20050216357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,251 Days
• Field of Search: 705/28
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0875 Itemisation or classification of parts, supplies or services, e.g. bill of materials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering

Abstract

A method of indicating the status of items in one or more databases includes displaying a list of items of interest, and displaying a visual status indicator for each of the items in the list of items of interest, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate the status of the item of interest. A system for indicating the status of items in one or more databases includes means for displaying a list of items of interest, and means for displaying a visual status indicator for each of the items in the list of items of interest, wherein the visual status indicator is configured to indicate the status of the item of interest.

Claims

1. Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions stored therein, the computer-executable instructions being executed by one or more processors to implement a method of managing purchase orders, the method comprising:

displaying a purchase order list, the purchase order list comprising a plurality of purchase order list items, each of the purchase order list items comprising an item price, an item quantity, a vendor identifier, and a purchase order status, wherein the purchase order status indicates a status of a purchase order associated with the respective purchase order list item;

displaying a first visual status indicator on the purchase order status of each purchase order list item for which a purchase order has been generated;

displaying a second visual status indicator on the purchase order status of each purchase order list item for which a purchase order has not been generated;

displaying a third visual status indicator on the purchase order status of each purchase order list item for which a cost for the purchase order list item exceeds a budget;

for each purchase order list item in which the cost for the purchase order list item exceeds the budget, allowing a user to request an authorization to generate the purchase order, wherein, for each purchase order list item for which authorization is obtained, the first visual status indicator on the purchase order status is displayed based on generating the purchase order; and

storing at least one of the purchase order list, one or more of the plurality of purchase order list items, and one or more of the purchase order statuses of the plurality of purchase order list items.

2. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the item quantity comprises a putaway quantity.

3. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises generating a store plan based on the purchase order list.

4. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises generating a merchandise plan based on the purchase order list.

5. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises generating a capacity plan based on the purchase order list.

6. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises generating a store plan and a merchandise plan based on the purchase order list.

7. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein, for each of the plurality of purchase order list items, a first color is related to a purchase order being generated.

8. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein, for each of the plurality of purchase order list items, a second color is related to a purchase order not being generated.

9. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein, for each of the plurality of purchase order list items, a third color is related to the cost for the purchase order list item exceeding the budget.

10. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises generating a store plan, a merchandise plan, and a capacity plan based on the purchase order list.

11. A system for managing purchase orders, the system comprising:

means for displaying a purchase order list, the purchase order list comprising a plurality of purchase order list items, each of the purchase order list items comprising an item price, an item quantity, a vendor identifier, and a purchase order status, wherein the purchase order status indicates a status of a purchase order associated with the respective purchase order list item;

means for displaying a first visual status indicator on the purchase order status of each purchase order list item for which a purchase order has been generated;

means for displaying a second visual status indicator on the purchase order status of each purchase order list item for which a purchase order has not been generated;

means for displaying a third visual status indicator on the purchase order status of each purchase order list item for which cost for the purchase order list item exceeds a budget;

means for requesting authorization to generate a purchase order for each purchase order list item in which the cost for the purchase order list item exceeds the budget, wherein, for each purchase order list item for which authorization is obtained, the first visual status indicator on the purchase order status based on generating the purchase order; and

means for storing at least one of the purchase order list, one or more of the plurality of purchase order list items, and one or more of the purchase order statuses of the plurality of purchase order list items.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the item quantity comprises a putaway quantity.

13. The system of claim 11, farther comprising means for generating a store plan based on the purchase order list.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for generating a merchandise plan based on the purchase order list.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for generating a capacity plan based on the purchase order list.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for generating a store plan and a merchandise plan based on the purchase order list.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein, for each of the plurality of purchase order list items, a first color is related to a purchase order being generated.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein, for each of the plurality of purchase order list items, a second color is related to a purchase order not being generated.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein, for each of the plurality of purchase order list items, a third color is related to the cost for the purchase order list item exceeding the budget.

20. The system of claim 11, further comprising means for generating a store plan, a merchandise plan, and a capacity plan based on the purchase order list.

21. A program product for managing purchase orders, the program product comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following method steps:

displaying a purchase order list, the purchase order list comprising a plurality of purchase order list items, each of the purchase order list items comprising an item price, an item quantity, a vendor identifier, and a purchase order status, wherein the purchase order status indicates a status of a purchase order associated with the respective purchase order list item;

displaying a first visual status indicator on the purchase order status of each purchase order list item for which a purchase order has been generated;

displaying a second visual status indicator on the purchase order status of each purchase order list item for which a purchase order has not been generated;

displaying a third visual status indicator on the purchase order status of each purchase order list item for which cost for the purchase order list item exceeds a budget;

for each purchase order list item in which the cost for the first purchase order list item exceeds the budget, allowing a user to request an authorization to generate the purchase order, wherein, for each purchase order list item for which authorization is obtained, the first visual status indicator on the purchase order status is displayed based on generating the purchase order; and

storing at least one of the purchase order list, one or more of the plurality of purchase order list items, and one or more of the purchase order statuses of the plurality of purchase order list items.

22. The program product of claim 21, wherein the item quantity comprises a putaway quantity.

23. The program product of claim 21, wherein the method further comprises generating a store plan based on the purchase order list.

24. The program product of claim 21, wherein the method further comprises generating a merchandise plan based on the purchase order list.

25. The program product of claim 21, wherein the method further comprises generating a capacity plan based on the purchase order list.

26. The program product of claim 21, wherein the method further comprises generating a store plan and a merchandise plan based on the purchase order list.

27. The program product of claim 21, wherein, for each of the plurality of purchase order list items, a first color is related to a purchase order being generated.

28. The program product of claim 21, wherein, for each of the plurality of purchase order list items, a second color is related to a purchase order not being generated.

29. The program product of claim 21, wherein, for each of the plurality of purchase order list items, a third color is related to the cost for the purchase order list item exceeding the budget.

30. The program product of claim 21, wherein the method further comprises generating a store plan, a merchandise plan, and a capacity plan based on the purchase order list.