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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Ziad Abo-hasna, St. Ingbert, DE;
Chantal Ullrich, Saarbrücken, DE;
Markus Welter, Ottweiler, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An event management method, program product and system for monitoring the status of a purchase order involves receiving purchase order information from a user, obtaining timeline information corresponding to the purchase order, receiving information from one or more sources on the status of the purchase order, using the received information to monitor progress of the purchase order against the timeline information, and providing a notification to the user upon identification of a missed date in the timeline information. Remedial measures are suggested or taken by the event management system.