Patent ID: 7343331

Claim:
A web-based supply chain system for improving business productivity, said system comprising: a database comprising historical business information relating to one of a turbine engine and a turbine engine component; a server coupled in communication with said database, said server comprising at least one business transactional application including a plurality of user interfaces associated with said at least one business transactional application, said server configured to: prompt a user to enter business information relating to one of a turbine engine and a turbine engine component via at least one of said plurality of user interfaces, said server configured to store user inputs relating to one of the turbine engine and the turbine component in said database; prompt a user to access and retrieve said at least one business transactional application via a web page configured to provide access for a plurality of users internal to a business entity and to users external to the business entity to enable users to access data comprising at least one non-conformance that occurs during at least one of an assembly and test stage and a component manufacturing stage of a supply chain process; and prompt a user to select data relating to at least one of the turbine engine and the turbine engine component via said web page; at least one computer; and a network coupling said at least one computer to said server, and said database to said server.