System and method for organizing price modeling data using hierarchically organized portfolios
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1. A system for organizing price modeling data using hierarchically organized portfolios, useful in association with a business policy, the system comprising:
- a collection of transactions in a transaction database representing a first hierarchical level, wherein the collection of transactions includes data corresponding to a plurality of items, and wherein plurality of items belong to one of a first portfolio of items requiring approval on a pending deal, and a second portfolio of items configured to ignore approval on the pending deal;
at least one collection of at least one hierarchically organized portfolio at a higher hierarchical level than a previous hierarchical level, wherein the at least one collection of at least one hierarchically organized portfolio is generated by an algorithm that sorts sales associates by measured productivity indicators, the at least one hierarchically organized portfolio representing at least one selection from the previous hierarchical level, and wherein the pending deal requires approval at the at least one hierarchically organized portfolio if the value of the pending deal is above a capped amount; and
wherein the hierarchically organized portfolios are arranged to be responsive to an enterprise approval hierarchy of the enterprise selling the plurality of items, wherein the approval criteria includes more than one authority level within the enterprise selling the plurality of items, and wherein each authority level is linked to a variance from the business policy, and wherein approval is only required when a deal offering falls outside limits of the business policy.
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Abstract
The present invention presents systems and methods for organizing price modeling data using hierarchically organized portfolios including a collection of transactions in a transaction database representing a first hierarchical level; collections of hierarchically organized portfolios at higher hierarchical levels than a previous hierarchical levels, the hierarchically organized portfolios representing selections from the previous hierarchical level where the hierarchically organized portfolios are arranged to be responsive to an enterprise approval hierarchy.
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1. A system for organizing price modeling data using hierarchically organized portfolios, useful in association with a business policy, the system comprising:
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a collection of transactions in a transaction database representing a first hierarchical level, wherein the collection of transactions includes data corresponding to a plurality of items, and wherein plurality of items belong to one of a first portfolio of items requiring approval on a pending deal, and a second portfolio of items configured to ignore approval on the pending deal; at least one collection of at least one hierarchically organized portfolio at a higher hierarchical level than a previous hierarchical level, wherein the at least one collection of at least one hierarchically organized portfolio is generated by an algorithm that sorts sales associates by measured productivity indicators, the at least one hierarchically organized portfolio representing at least one selection from the previous hierarchical level, and wherein the pending deal requires approval at the at least one hierarchically organized portfolio if the value of the pending deal is above a capped amount; and wherein the hierarchically organized portfolios are arranged to be responsive to an enterprise approval hierarchy of the enterprise selling the plurality of items, wherein the approval criteria includes more than one authority level within the enterprise selling the plurality of items, and wherein each authority level is linked to a variance from the business policy, and wherein approval is only required when a deal offering falls outside limits of the business policy. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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2. A computer implemented method for organizing price modeling data using hierarchically organized portfolios, useful in association with a business policy, the method comprising:
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providing a collection of transactions in a transaction database representing a first hierarchical level, wherein the collection of transactions includes data corresponding to a plurality of items, and wherein plurality of items belong to one of a first portfolio of items requiring approval on a pending deal, and a second portfolio of items configured to ignore approval on the pending deal; generating at least one collection of at least one hierarchically organized portfolio at a higher hierarchical level than a previous hierarchical level, wherein the at least one collection of at least one hierarchically organized portfolio is generated by an algorithm that sorts sales associates by measured productivity indicators, the at least one hierarchically organized portfolio representing at least one selection from the previous hierarchical level, and wherein the pending deal requires approval at the at least one hierarchically organized portfolio if the value of the pending deal is above a higher capped amount; and wherein the hierarchically organized portfolios are arranged to be responsive to an enterprise approval hierarchy of the enterprise selling the plurality of items, wherein the approval criteria includes more than one authority level within the enterprise selling the plurality of items, and wherein each authority level is linked to a variance from the business policy, and wherein approval is only required when a deal offering falls outside limits of the business policy. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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3. A computer program product in a computer readable media, when executed by a processor for displaying price modeling data, useful in association with a business policy, the computer program comprising:
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computer readable media executed by a processor for populating a transaction database with a collection of transactions representing a first hierarchical level, wherein the collection of transactions includes data corresponding to a plurality of items, and wherein plurality of items belong to one of a first portfolio of items requiring approval on a pending deal, and a second portfolio of items configured to ignore approval on the pending deal; computer readable media executed by the processor for a portfolio module for creating at least one collection of at least one hierarchically organized portfolio at a higher hierarchical level than a previous hierarchical level, wherein the at least one collection of at least one hierarchically organized portfolio is generated by an algorithm that sorts sales associates by measured productivity indicators, the at least one hierarchically organized portfolio representing at least one selection from the previous hierarchical level, and wherein the pending deal requires approval at the at least one hierarchically organized portfolio if the value of the pending deal is above a capped amount; and wherein the hierarchically organized portfolios are arranged to be responsive to an enterprise approval hierarchy of the enterprise selling the plurality of items, wherein the approval criteria includes more than one authority level within the enterprise selling the plurality of items, and wherein each authority level is linked to a variance from the business policy, and wherein approval is only required when a deal offering falls outside limits of the business policy.
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