| 摘要 |
Methods and systems for supply chain management in accordance with a state model. A supply chain management system includes a transaction state module within an inter-enterprise server assessable by trading partners. The transaction state module can define a state model which allows a trading partner to view a transaction and perform an action in accordance with a state of the transaction. The state model describes, in association with each state, which of the trading partners have visibility to the transaction and ability to perform an action. The trading partners can include consumers, retailers, distributors, etc. The transactions can include a forecast order, a purchase order, a billing, a product shipment, a payment, an invoice, a credit memo, a request for quote (RFQ), and a return material authorization (RMA). States of the transaction can include, for example, create, open, public view, private view, publish, commit, cancel, supersede, and the like. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
storing, by a programmed computer system, data representing a plurality of states of transactions among a plurality of trading partners in a supply chain; determining, by a programmed computer system, a state model for a transaction that describes a plurality of states of the transaction, the state model comprising accessibility parameters of a transaction based on a role of the trading partner in the supply chain and transition parameters for transition of the transaction amongst the plurality of states; and providing, by the programmed computer system, the trading partner access to the transaction in accordance with the accessibility parameters of the state model. |
