Patent ID: 8359218
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program code executed by a processor for providing message-based services using a service-oriented methodology for implementing an instance of a supply chain control deployment unit, the medium comprising: program code for storing an instance of the supply chain control deployment unit for the management and planning of on-time demand fulfillment, where the supply chain control deployment unit defines the limits of an application-defined transaction for the management and planning of on-time demand fulfillment by a set of actions that have atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability in a database, and wherein the actions associated with the application-defined transaction are performed by one or more process components contained in the supply chain control deployment unit, wherein each process component comprises a software package realizing a business process and exposing the process component's functionality as one or more service operations, wherein the supply chain control deployment unit comprises: program code for executing the application-defined transaction for the management and planning of on-time demand fulfillment; and program code for presenting data associated with the executed application-defined transaction for the management and planning of on-time demand fulfillment to a graphical user interface.