Patent ID: 8095474

Claim:
A method for automatically processing Advanced Ship Notices (ASNs), comprising: receiving a first set of data associated with an ASN in a Supply Chain Management (SCM) computing system; comparing, within the SCM computing system, one or more data fields included in the first set of data with a second set of data associated with a Purchase Order (PO); executing a discrepancy determination in the SCM computing system by determining if there is a discrepancy between one or more predetermined fields included in the first set of data and one or more predetermined fields in the second set of data; and if the SCM computing system determines that there is a discrepancy, generating a discrepancy report and generating in the SCM computing system an acceptance status associated with a shipment of items by: comparing the discrepancy to acceptable ranges of values stored in the SCM computer system, the acceptable ranges of values including a first range of values associated with a first data field from the first and second sets of data, and a second range of values associated with a second data field from the first and second sets of data, wherein the first range of values is different from the second range of values; setting the acceptance status to “accept” if the discrepancy is associated with the first data field and falls within the first range of values; setting the acceptance status to “correct” if the discrepancy is associated with the second data field and falls within the second range of values, and automatically correcting one or more predetermined fields in at least one of the first and second sets of data; and setting the acceptance status to “reject” if the discrepancy falls outside of the first and second ranges of values.