Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Inventory management
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-16
2006-05-16
Mitchell, Katherine (Department: 3677)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Inventory management
C705S026640, C705S029000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07047215
ABSTRACT:
An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method and system for performing parts requirement planning activities across an extended supply chain. The method comprises loading a bill of material file into a computer network, processing the bill of material file, generating a bid request from the bill of material file, and transmitting the bid request to a web site. The method further includes receiving at least one bid response from a supplier, analyzing the bid response, generating an award notice, and transmitting the award notice to the supplier. The method also includes tracking selected activities in a log. Processing the bill of material file includes incorporating marketing cost analysis data into the computer network.
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Barnes John C.
Hakim Lewis J.
Ho Kamkeung
Seaman E. Weston
Anderson Jay H.
Cantor & Colburn LLP
International Business Machines - Corporation
Mitchell Katherine
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