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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2011
Carl Steven Baumann, Vestal, NY (US);
Michael Randy May, Johnson City, NY (US);
John Irving Munson, Binghamton, NY (US);
William Montgomery Sjostrom, Rome, PA (US);
Sherry Lee Wilson, Conklin, NY (US);
Carl Steven Baumann, Vestal, NY (US);
Michael Randy May, Johnson City, NY (US);
John Irving Munson, Binghamton, NY (US);
William Montgomery Sjostrom, Rome, PA (US);
Sherry Lee Wilson, Conklin, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An invoice processing system includes a requisition and catalog server (referred to as a Req/Cat Web, or RCW, server), a procurement services system (SAP), and a requester terminal (browser). ReqCat Web allows requesters to input requirements (requisitions) which ReqCat then passes to SAP, which creates purchase orders, sends them to vendors for fulfillment, receives the vendors invoices, and prepares the payments. Commodities may be designated as either receivable or non-receivable, and this designation is stored in ReqCat web and passed to SAP on inbound requisitions. Payments on invoices received for non-receivable items are approved via a positive confirmation process, and payments on invoices received for receivable items are approved via a negative confirmation process. Positive acceptance of an invoice by a requester of commodities triggers automatic generation of a goods received (move) ticket.