Thomas Martin Workman

US Patent:

20140089150, Mar 27, 2014

Filed:

Sep 26, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/038557

Inventors:

- Redwood Shores CA, US
Thomas Keith Workman - Layton UT, US

Assignee:

Oracle International Corporation - Redwood Shores CA

International Classification:

G06Q 40/00

US Classification:

705 30

Abstract:

A mass change of values of a specified attribute (e.g., buyer identity) of multiple purchase orders can be performed automatically in conjunction with additional automatically performed operations, and all in response to a single user activation of a button control, without requiring any further human intervention. The additional operations can include the creation of change orders for each changed purchase order; the logging of each change made to each purchase order in an audit history; the requesting of change approvals for purchase orders; and the preparation of the created change orders for communication to suppliers to whom the changed purchase orders pertain. Thus, each supplier can made aware via an automated process that he is now dealing with a different entity than before.