COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL PURCHASING

Patent №

US 7,698,231

Granted

2010-04-13

Filed 2003

Owner

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Lab

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.

PlanningG06Q 30/06G06Q 50/188

AI classification

Planning1.00
Knowledge representation0.38
AI hardware0.07
Natural language0.01
Vision0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

assignment · 140100535

Assignors

CLINESMITH, ROBIN L., KIURA, DEBORAH, MOSIER, KENNETH

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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