Patent ID: 7895095
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions which upon being executed by a machine causes the machine to perform a method for creating a valid chart of accounts from which an administrator can facilitate and enable a requisitioner to select a valid general ledger account, said method comprising: establishing a communication link with an external enterprise catalog system to build an appropriate chart of accounts for a given company; transmitting from said enterprise catalog system, a chart of accounts with descriptions, to a requisition catalog system database; an administrator of an enterprise selecting from said requisition catalog system database valid accounts with descriptions for a given commodity and purchase period, said description mapping account codes selected by said administrator to a given commodity code from an associated accounting system for use by a requester to select the valid general ledger account when doing financial validation on a requisition for commodities; said administrator then associating a selected account/description tuple with company commodity groups for use in subsequently creating the requisition for commodities; and creating the requisition for commodities with reference to a chart of general ledger account codes mapped to said commodity codes prepared and stored as digital signals in a chart of accounts database by the administrator of the enterprise, wherein said creating the requisition comprises: