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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Christoph Engler, Walldorf, DE;
Helge Schulte, St. Ingbert, DE;
Ingo Pfitzner, Berlin, DE;
Priya Mohana, Bangalore, IN;
Wolfgang Gentes, Zweibruecken, DE;
Shadab Shafiq, New Delhi, IN;
Naga Chandra Sekhar Hota, Bangalore, IN;
Andre Wachholz-prill, Speyer, DE;
Martina Lahr, Weinheim, DE;
Andrea Sudbrack, Heidelberg, DE;
Christoph Engler, Walldorf, DE;
Helge Schulte, St. Ingbert, DE;
Ingo Pfitzner, Berlin, DE;
Priya Mohana, Bangalore, IN;
Wolfgang Gentes, Zweibruecken, DE;
Shadab Shafiq, New Delhi, IN;
Naga Chandra Sekhar Hota, Bangalore, IN;
Andre Wachholz-Prill, Speyer, DE;
Martina Lahr, Weinheim, DE;
Andrea Sudbrack, Heidelberg, 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 ad-hoc goods movement. 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, for example, a lead processing process component that handles the potential interests of a business partner and the interactions with the business partner over a certain timeframe; an opportunity processing process component that handles the development, processing, and monitoring of opportunities; a customer quote processing process component that handles the processing of quotes to customers offering the delivery of goods according to specific terms; and a sales order processing process component that handles the processing of customers' requests to seller for delivery of goods, on a specific date, for a specific quantity, and for a specific price.