Patent ID: 7657777
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a data field library; creating a supply chain node; associating a particular item of the data field library as a component of the supply chain node through a processor; automatically defining a relationship between the supply chain node and other supply chain nodes in a multi-level supply chain through linkages of the particular item with other items in the other supply chain nodes as referenced through paired ones of the particular item in different supply chain nodes; defining a relationship between the supply chain node and the other supply chain nodes in the multi-level supply chain; enabling a user to drag and drop items of the data field library to the supply chain node; aggregating various items of the data field library into a grouped set of items, and automatically applying the grouped set of items to the supply chain node; applying a data structure view to certain ones of the supply chain node and the other supply chain nodes to provide a condensed data structure to a particular entity in the multi-level supply chain; and organizing the condensed data structure into a customizable set of key performance indicators associated with the particular entity.