Patent ID: 8117078

Claim:
An event management method for monitoring a status of a purchase order using an event monitoring system, the method comprising: receiving by the event monitoring system purchase order information, the purchase order information including data relating to a vendor delivery schedule; receiving by the event monitoring system information from one or more sources on the status of the purchase order; monitoring by the event monitoring system the status of purchase order based on the received information and the data relating to the vendor delivery schedule; generating by the event monitoring system a first notification based on missing a date on the vendor delivery schedule; generating by the event monitoring system a first list of a plurality of remedial measures based on the first notification and a first activity profile of a first vendor, the first activity profile including rules for selecting which remedial measures may be utilized for the first vendor; generating a second list of a plurality of remedial measures based on a second notification; generating a third list of a plurality of remedial measures by selecting remedial measures from the second list based on a second activity profile of a second vendor, wherein the second activity profile includes rules for selecting which remedial measures may be utilized based on the second vendor; and storing the first notification in a business warehouse.