Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a data processing system having a business object model reflecting the data used during a business transaction. Consistent interfaces are generated from the business object model. These interfaces are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.

Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model

Managing consistent interfaces for business objects across heterogeneous systems

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, to realize a software model are described. Process components are defined that characterize software implementing respective and distinct business processes and additionally define at least one process agent that enables communications between a business object associated with the corresponding process component and a business object associated with any other process component. Business Process Variant Types are also defined that associate one or more of the process agents for the corresponding process component so that selection of a process variant type causes the associated one or more process agents to be activated.

Software model business process variant types

Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having supplier relationship management functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.

Providing supplier relationship management software application as enterprise services

Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having customer relationship management functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.

Providing Customer Relationship Management Application as Enterprise Services

Architectural Design for Plan-Driven Procurement Application Software

Service oriented architectural design for sell from stock application software

A method includes receiving a request to perform pricing, determining relevant attributes as a subset of multiple pricing attributes by analyzing a pricing configuration, and deriving attribute value combinations based on relevant attributes to provide a reduced set of combinations to pricing. An optional method includes scanning corresponding condition tables for distinct values of each attribute to further reduce attribute value combinations on which to call pricing.

Wilfried Merkel

Papers

Providing Customer Relationship Management Application as Enterprise Services

Architectural Design for Plan-Driven Procurement Application Software

Service oriented architectural design for sell from stock application software

Performance Optimization Utilizing Pre-Analysis of Condition Records