Systems and methods for managing supplier information between an electronic procurement system and buyers' supplier management systems
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- at an electronic procurement system;
receiving a request for access from a supplier user;
granting access to the electronic procurement system;
receiving supplier data;
storing the received supplier data to one or more databases;
receiving a designation of a subset of the supplier data as protected supplier data;
receiving a supplier user'"'"'s selection of one or more buyer organization'"'"'s supplier management systems to receive the supplier data;
mapping the supplier data to one or more data schema of the one or more buyer organization'"'"'s supplier management system, wherein a respective data schema of one of the respective buyer organizations describes an internal data model of the respective buyer organization; and
transmitting the supplier data to the one or more supplier management systems.
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Abstract
A system and method provide an efficient and simple procurement process that is easily customizable and allows the automatic mapping of supplier information and catalogs according to the buyer/purchasing organization'"'"'s internal data schema used for representing such data, and updates the buyer/purchasing organization'"'"'s hosted supplier information and catalogs automatically. In an exemplary embodiment, access to an electronic procurement system is requested, a supplier provides supplier data through a graphical user interface (GUI) for storage in one or more databases of an electronic procurement system, the supplier designates a subset of the supplier data as protected supplier data, and conveniently selects one or more buyer organization'"'"'s supplier management systems to receive the provided supplier data.
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13 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
at an electronic procurement system; receiving a request for access from a supplier user; granting access to the electronic procurement system; receiving supplier data; storing the received supplier data to one or more databases; receiving a designation of a subset of the supplier data as protected supplier data; receiving a supplier user'"'"'s selection of one or more buyer organization'"'"'s supplier management systems to receive the supplier data; mapping the supplier data to one or more data schema of the one or more buyer organization'"'"'s supplier management system, wherein a respective data schema of one of the respective buyer organizations describes an internal data model of the respective buyer organization; and transmitting the supplier data to the one or more supplier management systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system, comprising:
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one or more computer processors; and one or more memory connected to the one or more computer processors, wherein the one or more memory is configured with instructions to cause the one or more computer processors to; at an electronic procurement system; receive a request for access from a supplier user; grant access to the electronic procurement system; receive supplier data; store the received supplier data to one or more databases; receive a designation of a subset of the supplier data as protected supplier data; receive a supplier user'"'"'s selection of one or more buyer organization'"'"'s supplier management systems to receive the supplier data; map the supplier data to one or more data schema of the one or more buyer organization'"'"'s supplier management system, wherein a respective data schema of one of the respective buyer organizations describes an internal data model of the respective buyer organization; and transmit the supplier data to the one or more supplier management systems. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs when executed cause the computer to perform the following steps:
at an electronic procurement system; receive a request for access from a supplier user; grant access to the electronic procurement system; receive supplier data; store the received supplier data to one or more databases; receive a designation of a subset of the supplier data as protected supplier data; receive a supplier user'"'"'s selection of one or more buyer organization'"'"'s supplier management systems to receive the supplier data; map the supplier data to one or more data schema of the one or more buyer organization'"'"'s supplier management system, wherein a respective data schema of one of the respective buyer organizations describes an internal data model of the respective buyer organization; and transmit the supplier data to the one or more supplier management systems.
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