Patent ID: 8468544
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for configuring a planning environment for defining relevant planning parameters, the method steps performed by a processor and comprising: generating a first message by a first application, the first application executing in an environment of computer systems providing message-based services, wherein the first message comprises a request to create a demand planning scenario and includes a first message package hierarchically organized in memory as: processing a second message received from a second application in response to the second application's processing of the first message according to the hierarchical organization of the first message package, the second application executing in the environment of computer systems providing message-based services, wherein the second message is a confirmation concerning the request to create a demand planning scenario and includes a second message package hierarchically organized in memory as: generating a third message by the first application, wherein the third message comprises a request to change a demand planning scenario and includes a third message package including a demand planning scenario package; processing a fourth message received from the second application in response to the second application's processing of the third message, wherein the fourth message comprises a confirmation concerning the request to change a demand planning scenario and includes a fourth message package; generating a fifth message by the first application, wherein the fifth message comprises a request to delete a demand planning scenario and includes a fifth message package comprising a demand planning scenario package; processing a sixth message received from the second application in response to the second application's processing of the fifth message, wherein the sixth message comprises a confirmation concerning the request to delete a demand planning scenario and includes a sixth message package; generating a seventh message by the first application, wherein the seventh message comprises an inquiry by ID to return the details of a demand planning scenario and includes a seventh message package comprising a demand planning scenario package that includes a demand planning scenario selection by ID entity; processing an eighth message received from the second application in response to the second application's processing of the seventh message, wherein the eighth message comprises a response concerning the inquiry by ID to return the details of a demand planning scenario and includes an eighth message package; generating a ninth message by the first application, wherein the ninth message comprises an inquiry to return a list of available demand planning scenarios and includes a ninth message package comprising a demand planning scenario package; and processing a tenth message received from the second application in response to the second application's processing of the ninth message, wherein the tenth message comprises a response concerning the inquiry to return a list of available demand planning scenarios and includes a tenth message package.