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Alexander Zaichenko

Paola Sala

Antonia Gross

Heiko Steffen

Elena Gurevich

Ruediger Mueller

A purchase hub system for an enterprise may enable a purchasing agent to cluster bids from different enterprise buyer systems in the enterprise. The purchase hub system may receive purchasing requests including multiple requirements from the different enterprise buyer systems and suggest potential groupings of the requirements based on, e.g., item categories assigned to the requirements. The purchasing agent may then create a bid opportunity, e.g., a bid invitation or auction, including the clustered bids.

Clustered bidding and auctions in a procurement system

A computer implemented method of carrying out a search of one or more databases on the basis of a search request from one or more applications, the method comprising: carrying out a first search of the one or more databases for objects having a first object type on the basis of a search request from one of the one or more applications; providing the one of the one or more applications with a first list of results; making a copy of the results of the first search; saving the copy of the results of the first search in a buffer; carrying out a second search of the one or more databases for objects having a second object type on the basis of a search request from the one of the one or more applications; providing the one of the one or more applications with a second list of results; restoring to the one of the one or more applications the first list of results from the buffer.

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Hockenheim, Germany

Alexander Zaichenko