Patent №
US 7,698,231
Granted
2010-04-13
Filed 2003
Owner
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10464350
A computer-implemented method for creating blanket purchase agreements in a manufacturing enterprise is disclosed. The method includes identifying one or more products or services needed for a first and second locations, identifying one or more suppliers having the capability of delivering the one or more products or services to the first and second locations, and creating a blanket purchase agreement (BPA). The first location operates in a first legal entity and the second location operates in a second legal entity.
AI classification
Ownership
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
assignment · 140100535
Assignors
CLINESMITH, ROBIN L., KIURA, DEBORAH, MOSIER, KENNETH
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.