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Wilhelm Zwerger

Holger Herrmann

Jens Freund

Jochen Steinbach

Paola Sala

Stephan Hetzer

Gunther Liebich

Dietmar Nowotny

Jochen Hirth

Joachim Kenntner

Daniel Bock

Andreas Poth

Ingo Pfitzner

Tao Yu

Ami Heitner

Georg Podhajsky

Thomas Nitschke

Andrea Sudbrack

Volkmar Stegmann

Stefan Adelmann

Achim Heger

Martin Von Der Emde

Thomas Bach

Rainer Heun

Michael Picht

Reiner Bildmayer

Andre Wachholz-Prill

Thomas Friedrich

Christoph Engler

Peer Marschall

Cordula Ude

Katja Kasteleiner

Jochen Wickel

Karina Herrmann

Martina Lahr

Wilfried Merkel

Ralf Reinke

Uwe Mayer

Christian Ihrig

Gerhard Maier

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

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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