Patents by Inventor Achim Heger

Achim Heger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Inventory verification using inventory snapshots
    Patent number: 8756123
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for inventory verification using inventory snapshots are described herein. In response to a first inventory posting in a current time period, a current open inventory snapshot is created with inventory information. If there is a previously open inventory snapshot that is created in a previous time period before the current period, then the previously open inventory snapshot is closed. To verify inventory for a past time period, a difference between an inventory snapshot that is valid for the past time period and an inventory snapshot that is valid for a time period previous to the past time period is compared with aggregated inventory change confirmations posted in the past time period. An error indicator is provided if there is a mismatch between the difference and the aggregated inventory change confirmations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Roland Trapp, Matthias Asal, Wolfgang Barheine, Achim Heger, Christopher Thiele
  • Architectural design for plan-driven procurement application software
    Patent number: 8386325
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing plan-driven procurement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Inbound Delivery Processing process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Purchasing Contract process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Demand Forecast Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, an External Procurement Trigger and Response process component, and a Logistics Execution Control process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Bock, Achim Heger, Andre Wachholz-Prill, Andrea Sudbrack, Andreas Poth, Christian Ihrig, Christoph Engler, Cordula Ude, Dietmar Nowotny, Georg Podhajsky, Gerhard Maier, Gunther Liebich, Holger Herrmann, Imme Henningsen, Ingo Pfitzner, Jens Freund, Joachim Kenntner, Jochen Hirth, Jochen Steinbach, Jochen Wickel, Karina Herrmann, Katja Kasteleiner, Martin Wunsch, Martina Lahr, Michael Picht, Paola Sala, Peer Marschall, Rainer Heun, Ralf Reinke, Reiner Bildmayer, Stefan Adelmann, Stephan Hetzer, Tao Yu, Thomas Bach, Thomas Nitschke, Uwe Mayer, Volkmar Stegmann, Wilfried Merkel, Wilhelm Zwerger, Martin Von Der Emde
  • Providing logistics execution application as enterprise services
    Patent number: 8326706
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having logistics execution 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Achim Clemens, Stefan Moeller, Thomas Friedrich, Yair Ben-Shaul, Jochen Hirth, Wolfgang Barheine, Achim Heger, Stephan Hetzer, Andreas Bettin, Jochen Steinbach, Reiner Bildmayer, Jan Richert, Sergio Rozenszajn, Irena Kull, Shai Alfandary, Nir Pachter, Yuval Morad, Renzo Colle, Nico Apfelbach, Martin J. Wilmes, Sabine Deimel, Jens Freund, Frank Wagner
  • Architectural design for intra-company stock transfer application software
    Patent number: 8311904
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing intra-company stock transfer of physical inventory. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service operations, each implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Supply and Demand Matching process, a Customer Requirement Processing process component, a Logistics Execution Control process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, an Outbound Delivery Processing process component, an Inbound Delivery Processing process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Production and Site Logistics Auxiliaries process component and a Freight Documents Processing process component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Jochen Steinbach, Andreas Poth, Achim Heger, Stephan Hetzer, Klaus Reinelt, Renzo Colle, Jens Freund
  • INVENTORY VERIFICATION USING INVENTORY SNAPSHOTS
    Publication number: 20120150699
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for inventory verification using inventory snapshots are described herein. In response to a first inventory posting in a current time period, a current open inventory snapshot is created with inventory information. If there is a previously open inventory snapshot that is created in a previous time period before the current period, then the previously open inventory snapshot is closed. To verify inventory for a past time period, a difference between an inventory snapshot that is valid for the past time period and an inventory snapshot that is valid for a time period previous to the past time period is compared with aggregated inventory change confirmations posted in the past time period. An error indicator is provided if there is a mismatch between the difference and the aggregated inventory change confirmations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Roland Trapp, Matthias Asal, Wolfgang Barheine, Achim Heger, Christopher Thiele
  • ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR INTRA-COMPANY STOCK TRANSFER APPLICATION SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20100138258
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing intra-company stock transfer of physical inventory. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service operations, each implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Supply and Demand Matching process, a Customer Requirement Processing process component, a Logistics Execution Control process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, an Outbound Delivery Processing process component, an Inbound Delivery Processing process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Production and Site Logistics Auxiliaries process component and a Freight Documents Processing process component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Jochen Steinbach, Andreas Poth, Achim Heger, Stephan Hetzer, Klaus Reinelt, Renzo Colle, Jens Freund
  • PROVIDING LOGISTICS EXECUTION APPLICATION AS ENTERPRISE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20100070318
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a service architecture design that provides enterprise services having logistics execution 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Achim Clemens, Stefan Moeller, Thomas Friedrich, Yair Ben-Shaul, Jochen Hirth, Wolfgang Barheine, Achim Heger, Stephan Hetzer, Andreas Bettin, Jochen Steinbach, Reiner Bildmayer, Jan Richert, Sergio Rozenszajn, Irena Kull, Shai Alfandary, Nir Pachter, Yuval Morad, Renzo Colle, Nico Apfelbach, Martin J. Wilmes, Sabine Deimel, Jens Freund, Frank Wagner
  • Architectural Design for Plan-Driven Procurement Application Software
    Publication number: 20100070324
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing plan-driven procurement. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Inbound Delivery Processing process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, an Inventory Processing process component, a Purchase Request Processing process component, a Purchase Order Processing process component, a Purchasing Contract process component, a Supplier Invoice Processing process component, a Demand Forecast Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, an External Procurement Trigger and Response process component, and a Logistics Execution Control process component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel Bock, Achim Heger, Andre Wachholz-Prill, Andrea Sudbrack, Andreas Poth, Christian Ihrig, Christoph Engler, Cordula Ude, Dietmar Nowotny, Georg Podhajsky, Gerhard Maier, Gunther Liebich, Holger Herrmann, Imme Henningsen, Ingo Pfitzner, Jens Freund, Joachim Kenntner, Jochen Hirth, Jochen Steinbach, Jochen Wickel, Karina Herrmann, Katja Kasteleiner, Martin Wunsch, Martina Lahr, Michael Picht, Paola Sala, Peer Marschall, Rainer Heun, Ralf Reinke, Reiner Bildmayer, Stefan Adelmann, Stephan Hetzer, Tao Yu, Thomas Bach, Thomas Nitschke, Uwe Mayer, Volkmar Stegmann, Wilfried Merkel, Wilhelm Zwerger, Martin Von Der Emde
  • Architectural Design for Data Migration Application Software
    Publication number: 20100070556
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing data migration. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include a Product Property Management process component, a Production Model Management process component, a Business Partner Data Management process component, a Product Data Maintenance process component, an Installed Base Data Management process component, a Price Master Data Management process component, an Identity Management process component, an Engineering Change Processing process component, a Migration Data Dispatching process component, and several other process components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Knut Heusermann, Volker Schott, Roland Kaschner, Sandra Fischbach, Henry Borreill, Rene Dehn, Guillaume Duchene, Olivier Ficatier, Stefano Gagliardi, Axel Haury, Ebru Polat, Jochen Schmitt, Lutz Rosenpflanzer, Michael Jung, Tao Yu, Dietmar Storz, Christof Weissenberger, Gururaj Raman, Simon Dieterich, Alexandra Mark, Arun Kumar Reddy, Steffen Tatzel, Ralph Meiswinkel, Christian Haas, Andrea Sudbrack, Joachim Barnbeck, Sabine Lamprecht, Achim Enenkiel, Jan Gabriel, Mathias Sonnek, Jan Rumig, Stephan Heinz, Yongbin He, Achim Heger, Andreas Reccius, Panagiotis Kokkalis, Thomas Vogt, Heiko Steffen, Christian Boehrer, Benjamin Klehr, Simone Jorda, Rene Le Maire, Shailaja Police Patil, Klaus Groth, Klaus Reinelt, Yaron Livneh, Petra Meyer, Michael Hartel, Karsten Kimme, Benjamin Ringl, Ahmed Ali Shah, Reiner Bildmayer, Gesa Westberg, Monika Morey, Dirk Rohdemann
  • Systems and methods for modeling tree structures
    Patent number: 7640259
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for inserting a new node into a tree structure for use within a database system, wherein the tree structure comprises one or more parent nodes having space there under, and one or more child nodes; wherein each node comprises an identification, a left value, a right value, a width, and a tree node interval; each child node comprises of a pointer to the associated parent node of the child node; and the new node is a child node having an identification corresponding to the identification of a parent node. The method may comprise determining the identification of the parent node of the new node, determining the width of the new node, determining whether a gap exists in the tree structure for a parent node having an identification equal to the determined parent node identification, and if a gap exists, inserting the new node into the gap if the width of the gap is equal to or greater than the width of the new node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Achim Heger, Karsten Koetter
  • Inventory management
    Patent number: 7383284
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for inventory management. Managing data items in an inventory management system. A request to add a data item to the inventory management system is received. The data item has an associated set of attributes to be represented in the inventory management system. It is determined whether the inventory management system includes a structure in which the data item and the sets of attributes associated with the data item can be represented. If no structure exists in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented, a new structure is automatically defined in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented. The data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item is added to the defined new structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: SAP Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Heinrichs, Pascale Van Laethem, Markus Seng, Achim Heger
  • Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model
    Publication number: 20080120129
    Abstract: A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Seubert, Achim Heger, Adam Polly, Alexander Adam, Alexander Zaichenko, Alexandra Mark, Andre Doerfler, Andre Wachholz-Prill, Andre Wagner, Andrea Pluemper, Andreas Bold, Andreas Brossler, Andreas Huppert, Andreas Leukert-Knapp, Andreas Morsch, Andreas Neumann, Andreas Poth, Andreas Reccius, Andreas Wolber, Antje Fuchs, Antonia Gross, Arno Eifel, Artur Butucel, Arunava Banerjee, Ashwin Yeddula, Axel Kuehl, Benjamin Klehr, Bernd Schmitt, Bjoern Eike, Boris Krems, Christian Auth, Christian Fuhlbruegge, Christiane Cramer, Christiane Schauerte, Christopher Engler, Cristina Buchholz, Damian Theil, Daniel Bock, Daniel Zimmermann, Danny Pannicke, Dieter Krisch, Dietmar Nowotny, Dirk Henrich, Dirk Richtsteiger, Dirk Schindewolf, Doris Karbach, Frank Damaschke, Frank Hastrich, Frank Krueger, Frank Lindqvist, Frank Milpetz, Frank Reinemuth, Galina Pacher, Georg Dopf, Georg Podhajsky, Giovanni Deledda, Guimei Zhang, Gunther Liebich, Heike Berger, Hendrik Geipel, Horst Schaude, Ingo Bruss, Ingo Pfitzner, Jaakob Kind, Jan Hrastnik, Jan Richert, Joachim Liebler, Joachim Puteick, Jochen Steinbach, Joerg Goetting, Johannes Bechtold, Julian Schmidt-Kluegmann, Kai-Michael Roesner, Karsten Kimme, Karsten Koetter, Kathrin Nos, Klaus Herter, Klaus Reinelt, Klaus Schlappner, Kristina Grunewald, Levente Sara, Markus Juchem, Martin Gaub, Martin Hermes, Martin Rogge, Martin Schorr, Mathias Schoenecker, Matthias Asal, Matthias Heinrichs, Matthias Schmitt, Michael Bauer, Michael Conrad, Michael Hartel, Michael Jung, Michael Schier, Michael Segler, Michael Sylvester, Naci Kalyoncu, Olaf Meincke, Oliver Grande
  • Architectural design for sell from stock application software
    Publication number: 20070156500
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for implementing a software architecture design for a software application implementing sell from stock software useful to process quotations, capture orders, process delivery and invoice. The application is structured as multiple process components interacting with each other through service interfaces, and multiple service interface operations, each being implemented for a respective process component. The process components include an Outbound Delivery process component, a Site Logistics Processing process component, a Confirmation and Inventory process component, a Customer Requirement Processing process component, a Supply and Demand Matching process component, a Logistics Execution Control process component, a Customer Quote Processing process component, a Sales Order Processing process component, and a Sales Contract Processing process component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Wilfried Merkel, Thomas Bach, Cordula Ude, Katja Kasteleiner, Peer Marschall, Tao Yu, Rainer Heun, Stefan Adelmann, Andrea Sudbrack, Georg Podhajsky, Thomas Nitschke, Stefan Franke, Andreas Poth, Jochen Wickel, Stephan Hetzer, Jochen Hirth, Michael Picht, Jochen Steinbach, Achim Heger, Dietmar Nowotny, Martin Emde, Joachim Kenntner, Daniel Bock, Uwe Mayer, Ralf Reinke, Wilhelm Zwerger, Gunther Liebich, Holger Herrmann, Jens Freund, Stefan Kaetker, Gerd Moosmann, Peter Latocha
  • Systems and methods for modeling tree structures
    Publication number: 20070027884
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for inserting a new node into a tree structure for use within a database system, wherein the tree structure comprises one or more parent nodes having space there under, and one or more child nodes; wherein each node comprises an identification, a left value, a right value, a width, and a tree node interval; each child node comprises of a pointer to the associated parent node of the child node; and the new node is a child node having an identification corresponding to the identification of a parent node. The method may comprise determining the identification of the parent node of the new node, determining the width of the new node, determining whether a gap exists in the tree structure for a parent node having an identification equal to the determined parent node identification, and if a gap exists, inserting the new node into the gap if the width of the gap is equal to or greater than the width of the new node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Achim Heger, Karsten Koetter
  • Inventory management
    Publication number: 20030208417
    Abstract: A method is described for updating information relating to an item of stock in a supply chain that resides in a storage facility of a custodian of the stock when the ownership of the item of stock passes from a first owner to a second owner. The method includes providing a first data structure representing the custodian of the item of stock, providing a second separate data structure representing the owner of the item of stock, and passing the ownership of the item of stock from the first owner to the second owner. Passing the ownership includes changing the name from the first owner to the second owner in a field in the second data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Matthias Heinrichs, Pascale Van Laethem, Markus Seng, Achim Heger
  • Inventory management
    Publication number: 20030204450
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for managing data items in an inventory management system. A set of data items representing stock items is maintained in an inventory, wherein at least one stock item is described by two or more values. Each value being expressed in different units of measurement. A change request for a change of the values for the stock item that is described in the two or more different units of measurement is received. The two or more values for the stock item that is described in two or more different units of measurement are updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Matthias Heinrichs, Pascale Van Laethem, Markus Seng, Achim Heger
  • Inventory management
    Publication number: 20030204480
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for inventory management. managing data items in an inventory management system. A request to add a data item to the inventory management system is received. The data item has an associated set of attributes to be represented in the inventory management system. It is determined whether the inventory management system includes a structure in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented. If no structure exists in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented, a new structure is automatically defined in which the data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item can be represented. The data item and the set of attributes associated with the data item is added to the defined new structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Matthias Heinrichs, Pascale Van Laethem, Markus Seng, Achim Heger