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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Shibhu Nambiar, Springfield, VA (US);
Suman Guha, Fremont, CA (US);
Shibhu Nambiar, Springfield, VA (US);
Suman Guha, Fremont, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, and apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, a change order for a purchasing document is created, and one or more attributes of the change order are modified. Approval of the change order is submitted and approved, and a change type of the change order is determined. When the change type is external, acknowledgment of the change order is requested and a revision number attribute of the purchasing document is incremented. The purchasing document is updated with the change order and the change order is archived.