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Holger Herrmann

Jochen Steinbach

Stephan Hetzer

Jochen Hirth

Daniel Bock

Thomas Nitschke

Andrea Sudbrack

Thomas Bach

Peer Marschall

Wilhelm Zwerger

Jens Freund

Renzo Colle

Paola Sala

Gunther Liebich

Dietmar Nowotny

Joachim Kenntner

Ingo Pfitzner

Andreas Poth

Tao Yu

Ami Heitner

Georg Podhajsky

Stefan Adelmann

Volkmar Stegmann

Achim Heger

Thomas Breitling

Martin Von Der Emde

Andre Wachholz-Prill

Michael Picht

Alexander Koegler

Rainer Heun

Reiner Bildmayer

Thomas Friedrich

Karina Herrmann

Martina Lahr

Christoph Engler

Cordula Ude

Katja Kasteleiner

Jochen Wickel

Wilfried Merkel

Ralf Reinke

Uwe Mayer

Anoop Kulkarni

Christian Ihrig

Gerhard Maier

Imme Henningsen

Martin Wunsch

Example methods and systems are directed to dispatching database tasks. An application may access data associated with a task. The data may indicate features (e.g., processing functionality) that will be used to complete the task. The application may determine whether all such features are implemented in the database layer. The application may dispatch the task to the database layer if all features are implemented therein. The application may perform the task in the application layer if one or more of the features are not available in the database layer. In some example embodiments, the task involves materials requirements planning. Such a task may include determining, for a given bill of materials ('BOM'), the quantity of materials available on-hand, the quantity available from suppliers, the transport or delivery time for the various quantities, and other data regarding the BOM.

Database dispatcher

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing customer returns handling. 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 Accounting process component, a Customer Return Processing process component, a Sales Order Processing process component, a Customer Invoice Processing process component, a Due Item Processing process component, a Balance of Foreign Payment Management process component, a Payment Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, and an Inbound Delivery Processing process component.

Architectural design for customer returns handling application software

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

A method to be performed in a procedure of manufacturing a product includes receiving, in a computer system, a request to initiate a manufacturing procedure including at least a first physical operation modeled as a manufacturing-type operation in the computer system and a second physical operation modeled as a warehouse-type operation in the computer system. Information to be used in the manufacturing procedure, identifying the manufacturing-type operation and the warehouse-type operation, is generated in response to the request. Using the information, the manufacturing procedure including the first and second physical operations is initiated. A post-manufacturing procedure for a product can include a manufacturing-type operation and a warehouse-type operation. A computer system includes an operation management module for managing a manufacturing-type operation and a warehouse-type operation. The computer system includes initiation components for initiating the operations.

Generating information for use in performing physical operations

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