Component Based Mobile Architecture with Intelligent Business Services to Build Extensible Supply Chain Ready Procurement Platforms

摘要

The present invention is a tool for managing spend analysis, reverse auctions, sourcing, contracts, procure-to-pay processes, requests for proposals, supplier assessment and settlement processes. It employs hardware architecture and a software framework to provide a platform as a service that allows the user to create, store, report and manage bids, requests for proposals, contracts, bid data, spend analysis, and supplier scoring information from any of a number of mobile devices of various form factors.

主权项

1. A platform as a service application comprising a software framework and a hardware architecture comprising at least one computer programmed to execute a plurality of features to provide a mobile procurement platform of a component and service based design.