Patent ID: 7756598
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G01R,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically identifying transactions from WIP status updates, the method comprising the steps of: a computer-implemented adapter receiving WIP status updates for a semiconductor product from at least one supplier in a supply chain for the semiconductor product; converting the WIP status updates to a generalized form expressed in lots, each lot containing a quantity of the semiconductor product, the generalized form identifying a processing status of the lot(s) according to a predefined set of logical operations that describe the supply chain, said logical operations having a coarser granularity than the WIP status updates received from at least one supplier; a computer-implemented transaction identifier identifying transactions based on a comparison on a lot basis of the WIP status updates in the generalized form with a previous WIP status for the semiconductor product, the computer-implemented transaction identifier making the comparison by accessing a database containing a set of rules governing an identification of transactions and applying the rules to the WIP status updates in the generalized form and the previous WIP status; and a computer-implemented transaction processor processing the transactions to update a transactional enterprise system.