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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
W.w. Grainger, Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Andre Luis Wilman Rego, Libertyville, IL (US);
Julie A. Dierwechter, Algonquin, IL (US);
Craig Millman, Chicago, IL (US);
Arlen James Young, Chicago, IL (US);
Ezio Enrico Magarotto, Wheaton, IL (US);
Bryan David Anderson, Chicago, IL (US);
W.W. GRAINGER, INC., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A customer purchasing workflow management functionality related to a customer account hosted by a vendor system is presented on a client computing device in a dashboard page. The system allows a customer to visualize purchasing workflows and processes by authorized purchasers and by authorized approvers, including the spending and approval limits associated with each, and the relationships therebetween. The system further provides for editing of the stored information comprising the purchasing workflows and processes.