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Method and system for scheduling purchase orders

  • US 7,831,487 B2
  • Filed: 03/04/2005
  • Issued: 11/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Machine-readable non-transitory media for monitoring purchase orders using an automated process, the machine-readable media comprising program code stored therein for monitoring purchase orders, the automated process comprising:

  • generating a purchasing plan, the purchasing plan comprising a plurality of items, the plurality of items comprising at least a first product, a second product, and a third product, the purchasing plan further comprising a first product cost, and a second product cost, the first product cost is a cost of the first product times a first product quantity, the second product cost is a cost of the second product times a second product quantity;

    generating a first purchase order based on a first product budget exceeding the first product cost;

    generating a second purchase order based on a second product budget exceeding the second product cost;

    developing one or more timelines for the first purchase order and the second purchase order, each timeline including events in delivery of one or more items in the purchase order from a supplier to a store;

    generating a first product timeline, the first product timeline comprising a first plurality of events, the first plurality of events comprising at least a first event, a second event, and a third event;

    generating a second product timeline, the second product timeline comprising a second plurality of events, the second plurality of events comprising at least a fourth event, a fifth event, and a sixth event;

    determining if an event in the first product timeline and the second product timeline has occurred or will occur on schedule by comparing at least one of a first event date to an actual date, a second event date to the actual date, a third event date to the actual date, a fourth event date to the actual date, a fifth event date to the actual date, and a sixth event date to the actual date;

    transmitting a status request to a vendor based on determining if an event in the first product timeline and the second product timeline has occurred or will occur on schedule;

    generating at least one of a first exception based on the actual date exceeding the first event date, a second exception based on the actual date exceeding the second event date, a third exception based on the actual date exceeding the third event date, a fourth exception based on the actual date exceeding the fourth event date, a fifth exception based on the actual date exceeding the fifth event date, and a sixth exception based on the actual date exceeding the sixth event date;

    generating an activity to be executed based on at least one of the first exception, the second exception, the third exception, the fourth exception, the fifth exception, and the sixth exception;

    transmitting at least the first purchase order to a first vendor and the second purchase order to a second vendor and receiving at least a first confirmation from the first vendor and a second confirmation from the second vendor; and

    storing at least one of the purchasing plan, the first product budget, the second product budget, the first purchase order, the second purchase order, the first product cost, the second product cost, the first product timeline, the second product timeline, the first event, the second event, the third event, the fourth event, the fifth event, the sixth event, the first event date, the second event date, the third event date, the fourth event date, the fifth event date, the sixth event date, the first exception, the second exception, the third exception, the fourth exception, the fifth exception, and the sixth exception.

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