Sap Ag

Gerhard Maier

Jens Freund

Jochen Steinbach

Paola Sala

Stephan Hetzer

Gunther Liebich

Dietmar Nowotny

Jochen Hirth

Daniel Bock

Joachim Kenntner

Ingo Pfitzner

Andreas Poth

Thomas Nitschke

Tao Yu

Georg Podhajsky

Andrea Sudbrack

Stefan Adelmann

Volkmar Stegmann

Achim Heger

Martin Von Der Emde

Thomas Bach

Rainer Heun

Reiner Bildmayer

Andre Wachholz-Prill

Michael Picht

Holger Herrmann

Cordula Ude

Katja Kasteleiner

Jochen Wickel

Karina Herrmann

Martina Lahr

Christoph Engler

Peer Marschall

Ralf Reinke

Wilhelm Zwerger

Uwe Mayer

Wilfried Merkel

Christian Ihrig

Imme Henningsen

Martin Wunsch

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing plan-driven procurement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Inbound Delivery Processing process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Purchasing Contract process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Demand Forecast Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, an External Procurement Trigger and Response process component, and a Logistics Execution Control process component.

Architectural design for plan-driven procurement application software

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Wiesloch, Germany

Gerhard Maier