Patent ID: 8306862

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of remotely generating a purchase order, the method comprising: receiving a communication in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system configured to manage at least acquisitions and storage of multiple product types for multiple storage locations, the ERP system having a purchasing transaction configured for communicating with each of multiple vendor systems for performing the acquisitions, the received communication being sent wirelessly from a mobile device operated by a user at a first storage location of a first product type, the mobile device configured for obtaining information from the user in a process compatible with the purchasing transaction for generating a purchase order in the ERP system, the information identifying at least the first product type and a quantity of the first product type; generating the purchase order in the ERP system using the purchasing transaction and the information, the purchase order comprising an instruction to a vendor operating a first vendor system to deliver the quantity of the first product type, wherein the generated purchase order includes a deliverable product location that identifies a location for delivering the product, wherein the mobile device includes a positioning system that determines a mobile device location, and the deliverable product location is derived from the mobile device location; and forwarding the purchase order from the ERP system to the first vendor system using the purchasing transaction.