International Business Machines Corporation

Sachin S Chandra

John S Maresca

Paul Anthony Zulpa

Tarun K Saha

Robert D Hayes

John Peter O'Connor

Akber A Choudhry

Mina L McKay

Gordon Fry

Patrice N Knight

Andrew D Kostic

Lorana K Lo

Karim Nasiruddin

Anil K Singhani

Andrew Strickland

David R Barletta

Lou Zhou

Method, system, and storage medium for facilitating supplier auditing functions in a communications network environment. The method includes receiving a request from a user system associated with an enterprise system to initiate an activity. The activity includes scheduling an audit for performing an initial or ongoing qualification of a supplier enterprise. The method also includes retrieving data from at least one database by the enterprise system. The data corresponds to the activity selected. The method further includes transmitting the data to the user system. The enterprise system includes a quality information network application for executing activity options.

Method and system for gathering and disseminating quality performance and audit activity data in an extended enterprise environment

A process and system for managing business, technical and operational data uses a single interface in a shared space environment over the Internet, including a common authentication and environment. A supplier portal creates a central repository for registration process information, company information, and user information, making this information available to all applications that open into the supplier portal.

Supplier portal for global procurement e-business applications

A computer-based method and system for facilitating production changes in an extended enterprise via a network environment. The system includes a manufacturing enterprise system including a host system operating a web server, a data storage device in communication with the host system, and at least one terminal for accessing the host system. The manufacturing enterprise system runs on a network that is coupled to the Internet and is accessible to an outside enterprise or trading partner identified with having proper access permissions. The server executes a set of programs for the process and product change notification application of the present invention. PCN notices and EOL requests are inputted into the manufacturing enterprise system via the process and product change notification application where required data are supplied, destination resources of affected parties are determined and decisions are calculated according to these inputs.

Method and system for facilitating production changes in an extended enterprise environment

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Sachin S Chandra