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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2008
Peer Marschall, Heidelberg, DE;
Anoop Kulkarni, Bangalore, IN;
Thomas Bach, Muehlhausen, DE;
Alexander Koegler, Walldorf, DE;
Thomas Nitschke, Nussloch, DE;
Andrea Sudbrack, Heidelberg, DE;
Jochen Hirth, Weinheim, DE;
Stephan Hetzer, Oestringen-Eichelberg, DE;
Holger Herrmann, Malsch, DE;
Renzo Colle, Stutensee, DE;
Daniel Bock, Dossenheim, DE;
Thomas Breitling, Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE;
Peer Marschall, Heidelberg, DE;
Anoop Kulkarni, Bangalore, IN;
Thomas Bach, Muehlhausen, DE;
Alexander Koegler, Walldorf, DE;
Thomas Nitschke, Nussloch, DE;
Andrea Sudbrack, Heidelberg, DE;
Jochen Hirth, Weinheim, DE;
Stephan Hetzer, Oestringen-Eichelberg, DE;
Holger Herrmann, Malsch, DE;
Renzo Colle, Stutensee, DE;
Daniel Bock, Dossenheim, DE;
Thomas Breitling, Edingen-Neckarhausen, 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 customer returns handling. 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, a Customer Return Processing process component, a Sales Order Processing process component, a Customer Invoice Processing process component, a Due Item Processing process component, a Balance of Foreign Payment Management process component, a Payment Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, and an Inbound Delivery Processing process component.