Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for leveraging procurement across companies and company groups
- Patent Title (中): 利用公司和公司集团采购的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11643193Application Date: 2006-12-21
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Publication No.: US08666903B2Publication Date: 2014-03-04
- Inventor: Susan Bumgardner Cirulli , Robert Martin Evans , Gerald R. Robinson , Sherry Lee Wilson
- Applicant: Susan Bumgardner Cirulli , Robert Martin Evans , Gerald R. Robinson , Sherry Lee Wilson
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP
- Agent Lisa J. Ulrich
- Main IPC: G06Q20/00
- IPC: G06Q20/00 ; G06F21/00

Abstract:
A leveraged procurement network (LPN) system for leveraging purchasing across company and company groups includes a front-end requisition and catalog system accessible by users from a plurality of companies in different company groups. Access to procurement resources is controlled by user profiles and resource profiles specifying for each user and resource the applicable company group. Purchases against volume specific contracts are leveraged by requisitions for a plurality of company groups, while user access to procurement resources within the front-end system are controlled by company and/or company group.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070179894A1 System and method for leveraging procurement across companies and company groups Public/Granted day:2007-08-02
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