Method and system for organizing vendor information

Details Method and system for organizing vendor information Method and system for organizing vendor information

2008-07-08

2008-07-08

Zeender, F. (Department: 3627)

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

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Accounting

C705S028000, C705S034000, C707S793000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07398234

ABSTRACT:
A plurality of accounts payable items (14) are communicated over communications links (24) to a global purchasing information repository (GPIR) (12) by account servers (19) and regional servers (18). A preparation application (16) unifies the representation of the items and a GPIR application (20) associates categories (54) and buyer identifiers (56) with the items based on criteria (70). A vendor alignment tool module (23) associates vendor identifiers (58) with vendor names (34) associated with the items and with the items. The module also associates vendor groups (62) with the vendor identifiers based on relationships between the vendor identifiers. A plurality of reports (74) may be generated in response to the identifiers, groups and categories to provide information to a business regarding global expenditures and vendor relationships.

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