Method and apparatus for purchase order processing
AssigneeSap SE
InventorsAlexander Grendel, Markus Welter
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Abstract
A method of processing a purchase order is disclosed. The method includes receiving an electronic purchase order in a current one of a plurality of order periods for a designated delivery period, accessing a budget allocation corresponding to said delivery period, and providing an acceptance or a rejection of the electronic purchase order based at least partially on a budget portion of the current order period. The budget allocation includes a budget portion corresponding to each of the plurality of order periods.
Claims24
A method of processing a purchase order, comprising:
- receiving an electronic purchase order in a current one of a plurality of order periods for a designated delivery period;
- accessing a budget allocation corresponding to said delivery period, said budget allocation including a bucket corresponding to each of said plurality of order periods;
- and
- providing an acceptance or a rejection of the electronic purchase order based at least partially on a bucket of said current order period.
A program product for purchase order processing, comprising machine-readable program code for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following method steps:
- receiving an electronic purchase order in a current one of a plurality of order periods for a product category having a designated delivery period;
- accessing a budget allocation corresponding to said product category and said delivery period, said budget allocation including a bucket corresponding to each of said plurality of order periods;
- and
- providing an acceptance or a rejection of the electronic purchase order based at least partially on a bucket of said current order period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.