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US 11,960,440 B2Granted
Transient master data
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsKarthik H, Krishna Mayya
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Abstract
Transient product master data may be used to represent temporarily used objects and resources. Instead of generating complete master data upfront, a placeholder is used in a tracking document for the temporary use. A tracking document for the temporary use includes a placeholder reference. When the product to be used temporarily is selected and ready to be physically moved, attributes and other information of the product may be sent to a management system via an interface. This information may be used to automatically generate transient material master data that is accessible using a reference. This reference may be used to update the placeholder reference in the tracking document and it may be used in further tracking documents.
Claims20
A computer system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more machine-readable medium coupled to the one or more processors and storing computer program code comprising sets of instructions for executable by the one or more processors to:
- generate a tracking document for following a lifecycle of a type of product, the tracking document including a reference, the reference being a placeholder for a particular reference to product master data for a particular product of the type;
- receive, from an external system, attribute information for the particular product, the attribute information having been undetermined when generating the tracking document;
- receive, from the external system, physical movement information for physical movement of the particular product;
- generate, in response to receiving the attribute information, the product master data for the particular product based on the attribute information, the product master data for the particular product including an indication that the particular product is a transient product being used temporarily, wherein other product master data for other products does not include a transient product indication unless the other product master data is generated in response to receiving the attribute information along with the physical movement information;
- store the product master data for the particular product such that it is accessible using a particular reference;
- update the tracking document to change the reference from the placeholder to the particular reference;
- generate a corresponding tracking document including the particular reference to the stored product master data for the particular product;
- and
- store the corresponding tracking document.
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One or more non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program code comprising sets of instructions to:
- generate a tracking document for following a lifecycle of a type of product, the tracking document including a reference, the reference being a placeholder for a particular reference to product master data for a particular product of the type;
- receive, from an external system, attribute information for the particular product, the attribute information having been undetermined when generating the tracking document;
- receive, from the external system, physical movement information for physical movement of the particular product;
- generate, in response to receiving the attribute information, the product master data for the particular product based on the attribute information, the product master data for the particular product including an indication that the particular product is a transient product being used temporarily, wherein other product master data for the other products may not include a transient product indication unless the other product master data is generated in response to receiving the attribute information along with the physical movement information;
- store the product master data for the particular product such that it is accessible using a particular reference;
- update the tracking document to change the reference from the placeholder to the particular reference,
- generate a corresponding tracking document including the particular reference to the stored product master data for the particular product;
- and
- store the corresponding tracking document.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- generating a tracking document for following a lifecycle of a type of product, the tracking document including a reference, the reference being a placeholder for a particular reference to product master data for a particular product of the type;
- receiving, from an external system, attribute information for the particular product, the attribute information having been undetermined when generating the tracking document;
- receiving, from the external system, physical movement information for physical movement of the particular product, wherein the physical movement information is included in an advanced notice, the advanced notice further including the attribute information for the particular product;
- generating, in response to receiving the attribute information, the product master data for the particular product based on the attribute information, the product master data for the particular product including an indication that the particular product is a transient product being used temporarily, wherein other product master data for the other products may not include a transient product indication unless the other product master data is generated in response to receiving the attribute information along with the physical movement information;
- storing the product master data for the particular product such that it is accessible using a particular reference;
- updating the tracking document to change the reference from the placeholder to the particular references;
- generating a corresponding tracking document including the particular reference to the stored product master data for the particular product;
- and
- storing the corresponding tracking document.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.