Integrating Purchasing and Inventory Systems for Individualized Order Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for preparing offer and order data for individualized objects are inefficient, requiring manual data transfers and multiple program interactions, which slow down the process and increase costs.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that uses a data interface between a purchasing system and an inventory management system to automatically transmit and process object selection data, individualization data, and price data, enabling direct communication and reducing manual intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual data transfers and multiple program interactions are used for preparing offer and order data, then the process can be completed with existing separate systems, but the preparation time increases and costs rise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the purchasing system and inventory management system into a single integrated system. This allows offer and order data preparation to occur within one unified environment, eliminating the need for manual data transfers between separate programs and significantly reducing preparation time while maintaining system functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated system performs multiple functions within a single platform: it handles purchasing operations, inventory management, offer preparation, and order data generation simultaneously. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate specialized programs and manual intervention, improving productivity without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Loss of time
If manual data transfers are performed between purchasing system and inventory management system, then system compatibility is maintained, but the compilation process becomes slower and more costly
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated system automatically performs data compilation and processing without requiring manual intervention. The system self-services by internally managing data flows between purchasing and inventory management functions, eliminating the need for operators to manually transfer data between separate programs and significantly reducing both time and operational complexity.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for preparing offer and/or order data of an object to be individualized, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing a purchasing system having a user interface, an inventory management system and a data interface between the purchasing system and the inventory management system in a computer system; providing individualization data for individualizing the object in a storage unit of the computer system; receiving a first user input comprising object selection data of the object to be individualized via the user interface, receiving a further user input comprising at least one selected selection position for individualization data on the object to be individualized; transmitting data via the data interface after at least one of the above-mentioned steps between the purchasing system and the inventory management system, wherein the data comprise the object selection data, the at least one selected selection position.