Patent ID: 8050956
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media comprising program code stored therein executable by one or more machines to perform an automated process for monitoring procurement of a product via an event management system in a computerized business system, the automated process comprising the steps of: generating, by a purchase order program module via one or more processors, a purchase order, the purchase order comprising a purchase order generation date and a product delivery date; transferring the purchase order generation date and the product delivery date to the event management system; calculating, by a calculation program module via one or more processors, a purchase order trigger date, a distribution center delivery date, and a store receipt date based on the product delivery date, the calculation program module configured to calculate dates based on product data; calculating, by the calculation program module via one or more processors, a first set of dates based on the product delivery date and a second set of dates based on the product delivery date, the first set of dates comprising a material staging date, an issue date, an arrival date, a handover date, and a distribution center storage date, the second set of dates comprising an order confirmation date, a quotation sample date, a sample photo date, a sample size date, a sample date, and a labeling date; generating, by a scheduling program module, a schedule bar based the purchase order trigger date, the distribution center delivery date, and the store receipt date via one or more processors; providing, by the schedule program module via one or more processors, the schedule bar in the event management system, the schedule bar comprising the purchase order trigger date, the distribution center delivery date, the product delivery date, and the store receipt date; triggering, by a procurement program module via one or more processors, an activity based on at least one of the distribution center delivery date, the product delivery date, and the store receipt date exceeding an actual date; wherein the second set of dates exceeding the actual date has no effect on the first set of dates; assigning an identification number to each respective purchase order; storing the activity in a business warehouse; merging dates generated at the item level prior to purchase order generation with the purchase order dates when the individual purchase order items correspond and creating a data record in the schedule bar for individual purchase order items which do not correspond; and providing a schedule bar for each respective purchase order generated; wherein the calculation of the purchase order generation date, the product delivery date, the purchase order trigger date, the distribution center delivery date, and the store receipt date are based on data from a vendor calendar, a logistics calendar, a distribution center logistics calendar, a store logistics calendar, an order cycle of an ordering retail site, and a delivery cycle of a recipient retail site; and wherein the vendor calendar includes information regarding a work schedule of a vendor of the product, the logistics calendar includes information regarding transportation routings, the distribution center logistics calendar includes information regarding a schedule of a distribution center to which the product is to be delivered, the store logistics calendar includes information regarding a schedule of a store in which the product is to be sold, and the delivery cycle indicates days on which the product is delivered to the recipient retail site.