Validation Subsystem for Country and Currency Supplier Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing spend management systems use generic syntax requirements for validating supplier data, leading to inaccuracies due to varying bank account transaction requirements across countries and currency types, causing integration failures, costly bounced payments, and resource wastage.
Innovation Solution
A validation subsystem that generates customized user interface widgets based on country and currency identifiers, ensuring supplier data entry adheres to specific syntax requirements, and programmatically validates the data using regular expressions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a generic set of syntax requirements is used to validate supplier data, then the validation process is simple and uniform, but the accuracy and reliability of supplier data validation deteriorates due to varying country-specific and currency-specific requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by transitioning from a generic validation approach to country-specific and currency-specific validation rules. The system dynamically selects validation parameters based on the supplier's location and transaction currency, ensuring that each data field is validated according to its specific local requirements (e.g., IBAN for European banks, routing numbers for US banks), thereby resolving the contradiction between simple uniform validation and accurate localized validation.
Solution Approach 2:
The validation subsystem dynamically adapts its validation rules based on real-time detection of country and currency identifiers in the supplier data. The system automatically adjusts validation parameters, data field requirements, and syntax checks according to the detected location and currency, enabling the validation process to evolve from static generic rules to dynamic context-aware validation, thus improving accuracy without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Ease of operation
If manual entry of supplier data is allowed without strict validation, then the ease of operation for suppliers is improved, but the quantity of inaccurate and incomplete data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The validation subsystem provides real-time feedback to suppliers during the data entry process. The system automatically detects country and currency identifiers, then provides immediate validation feedback on whether the entered data conforms to the required syntax and format for that specific location and currency. This feedback mechanism guides suppliers in providing accurate data while maintaining ease of operation through automated guidance rather than manual verification requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service validation where the validation subsystem automatically detects country and currency identifiers and independently verifies the accuracy of entered data against the appropriate validation rules. This self-service approach eliminates the need for manual verification by suppliers or buyers, maintaining ease of operation while significantly reducing the quantity of inaccurate data through automated validation enforcement.
3Reliability
If country-specific and currency-specific validation rules are implemented, then the accuracy of supplier data validation is improved, but the device complexity and validation time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The validation subsystem performs preliminary detection and classification of country and currency identifiers before applying validation rules. By pre-identifying the applicable validation parameters based on the supplier's location and transaction currency, the system avoids the complexity of manually evaluating all possible validation scenarios. This preliminary action streamlines the validation process while maintaining high accuracy through automated rule selection.
4Ease of operation
If inaccurate supplier data is stored in the system, then the ease of data entry is maintained, but integration failures and bounced payments occur
Solution Approach 1:
The validation subsystem applies preliminary anti-action by preventing inaccurate data from being stored in the first place. Through automated validation that detects country and currency identifiers and verifies data conformity before storage, the system proactively blocks the entry of invalid supplier data. This preliminary prevention mechanism eliminates integration failures and bounced payments without requiring post-entry correction processes, thus maintaining ease of operation while preventing harmful outcomes.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented method for validating supplier data is provided. The method includes accessing a spend management interface of a spend management system. The spend management interface may receive supplier data from a supplier computer via user interface widgets of the spend management interface. A country identifier is received from the supplier computer via a country widget and a currency identifier is received via a currency widget of the user interface widgets. One or more parameters associated with the country identifier and currency identifier are identified within a validation database of the spend management system and customized user interface widgets are generated based on the one or more parameters. The spend management interface is electronically updated to present the customized user interface widgets to the supplier computer. Supplier data is received from the supplier computer via the customized user interface widgets and the supplier data is programmatically validated.