Sap Ag

Arno Mielke

Klaus Herter

Steffen Springborn

Otfried Von Geisau

Archim Heimann

Dieter Krisch

Christian Fuhlbruegge

Volker Faisst

Silke Massmann

Andre Doerfler

Jens Griessmann

Karlheinz Agsteiner

Alexander Stefan Adam

Thomas Kretz

Katharina Sorge

Ulrich Spinola

Werner Sottong

Dorothea Martin

Generation of an engineering change case is initiated by associating an identified problem for a product with an engineering change case template. The engineering change case can include a plurality of structured folders that can be populated with content characterizing the identified problem as well as proposed solutions to the identified problem with each folder being assignable to one or more users and having associated deliverables for such users. The various users populate the folders with content associated with the deliverables with at least a portion of the deliverables being delegable and requiring completion in a sequential order. Thereafter, generation of the engineering case can be finalized when an indication is received that all deliverables requiring approval have been completed. Otherwise, the engineering change case can be canceled. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Collaborative environment to assess, design, and implement product changes

This disclosure provides various embodiments of a system, method, and software for implementing a logically centralized source for collaboration on objectives. In one aspect, the method identifies one or more requirements and requirement statuses associated with a business entity for use in a business object stored within a logically centralized repository, the repository storing a plurality of business objects, identifies one or more solutions and solution statuses associated with the identified requirements for use in the business object, and notifies a party of an update to one of the statuses associated with the identified requirements and solutions.

Business object acting as a logically central source for collaboration on objectives

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Karlsruhe, Germany

Arno Mielke