Global procurement bypass shutdown process and method

Details Global procurement bypass shutdown process and method Global procurement bypass shutdown process and method

2002-12-19

2009-11-10

Poinvil, Frantzy (Department: 3696)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Finance

C705S038000, C705S03600T, C705S035000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07617153

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a bypass shutdown process and method to implement change across an organization to help ensure that the procurement of goods and services is done through specifically approved suppliers, and according to appropriate procurement procedures. In a preferred embodiment, the bypass shutdown process and method comprises the steps of determining whether an invoice is from an approved supplier; determining whether the invoice relates to a targeted commodity; determining whether the related purchase was transacted prior to commodity roll-out; determining whether the transaction is exempt from penalty assessment; determining whether the purchaser previously submitted a bypass invoice; recording said invoice in a selected database; determining whether the purchaser has exceeded a penalty threshold level of non-compliance; generating a warning communication regarding an organization bypass process initiative and sending the warning communication to the purchaser; and assessing a penalty to the purchaser, or purchaser's business unit, cost center, department, division, or any other sub-unit of an organization, upon exceeding the penalty threshold.

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