Patent ID: 7117165
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A software system for efficient procurement of operating resources within resources within an enterprise, comprising: requisition record generating means for generating a requisition record for a requisition, the requisition record indicating at least an operating resource that a requester desires to purchase, the requisition record generating means generating the requisition record responsive to a combination of: electronic receipt generating means for generating an electronic receipt to acknowledge receipt of the operating resource wherein the electronic receipt indicates one of an acceptance or rejection of a received operating resource and facilitates payment for the accepted operating resource upon acceptance; approval path determining means, responsive to the requisition record to approval rules in an approval rules database, for determining an approval path for the requisition record, among various ones of a plurality of possible approvers, required to approve the requisition record based on the commentary entry; approval path handling means for guiding the requisition record along the determined approval path, wherein the approval path handling means generates a global approval indication based on the commentary entry and in response to the requisition record successfully traversing the approval path; and order generating means for deciding between at least one of a purchase card module, a direct order module, and a purchase order module to submit the requisition for fulfillment by a supplier.