International Business Machines Corporation

Deirdre A Wessel

William Reilly

Anandakrishnan Narayanan

Debra J Waite

Yi-Wen Tan

Shirish S Javalkar

Tuan A Pham

Charles Sidney Atkinson

Brad M Altice

John J Roberts

Siegfried F Sanders

Dan Wingard

Jan Nielsen

Daniel P Huskey

Allen J Scribner, Iii

Mark W Honeck

Joachim Lohmiller

Robert J Banker

Ji Yuan Bian

Edward H Carter

Leonid Derbinsky

Docelyn Lordeus

Aparicio I Ranghel

Ed Cordell

Jorge M Salas

Sue Merkle

Alphana B Hobbs, Ii

Paul Noga, Jr

Thomas Schaeffner

An embodiment of the invention provides a method for recording, managing and tracking changes to objects in a computer system. A master record is created for the computer system; and, a transactional record is created for an object in the computer system. The master record includes the current status of the object and the current status for all objects associated to the object. The transactional record is updated in the electronic database; and, the master record is updated when the transactional record is updated. The master record is linked to all of the transactional records of the objects associated to the object with the processor. The master record is updated with the processor when a transactional record of the objects associated to the object is updated or added.

Machine change history tracking process for ERP applications

A method, system and program product for optimally managing fulfillment of orders that are channeled through a diversified manufacturing environment that utilizes different process models, product nomenclatures and communication methods. The method includes sending by a contemporary fulfillment application to a legacy application a scheduling request for an order that includes a code recommending that the order is deemed eligible for fulfillment by a specific manufacturing site. The method further includes returning by the legacy application a scheduling response providing scheduling information for the order and confirming that the order is to be fulfilled by the specific manufacturing site. The method further includes transmitting a shipment request by the contemporary fulfillment application to a contemporary production application for routing delivery of the order to the specific manufacturing site and receiving a shipment response from the contemporary production application providing a delivery status of the order.

Method, system and program product for managing fulfillment of orders

A method of optimizing communication and processing functions between disparate applications includes sending, from a first application to a disparate second application, a request message. The request message, which has a reduced data size for optimizing communication, is formatted in a first request-format to provide unique data elements relevant to processing the request message. The received request message is reformatted into a second request format, and is then forwarded to a third application. The third application creates a response message that is in a first response format, and sends the response message to the second application. Each received response message is queued, by a messaging application, into a response message collection corresponding to a message type, before sending the response group to the first application.

Method, system and program product for optimizing communication and processing functions between disparate applications

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Deirdre A Wessel