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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Armin Schwarz, Gaiberg, DE;
Arnulf Schueler, Heidelberg, DE;
Arthur Berger, Heppenheim, DE;
Karin Brecht-tillinger, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Paola Sala, Heidelberg, DE;
Peter Fitz, Waldsee, DE;
Armin Schwarz, Gaiberg, DE;
Arnulf Schueler, Heidelberg, DE;
Arthur Berger, Heppenheim, DE;
Karin Brecht-Tillinger, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Paola Sala, Heidelberg, DE;
Peter Fitz, Waldsee, DE;
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing service 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 Accounting process component, an Internal Request Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Goods and Service Acknowledgement process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Payment Processing process component, an RFQ Processing process component, a Project Processing process component, a Source of Supply Determination process component, a Due Item Processing process component, a Balance Of Foreign Payment Management process component, a Pricing Engine process component, and an Accounting Coding Block Distribution Processing process component.