Patents by Inventor Monika Ahrens

Monika Ahrens 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).

  • Integrating logistic and financial control of projects
    Publication number: 20040128180
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for controlling projects. A logistic structure and a financial structure are specified for a project. The logistic structure includes multiple logistic objects representing activities related to the project, and the financial structure includes cost collectors representing financial responsibilities related to the project. The financial structure is independent of the logistic structure. A responsibility mapping is defined to associate each activity represented in the logistic structure with a cost collector that is responsible for financial aspects of the activity. The responsibility mapping is independent of the logistic structure representing the activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Claus-Dieter Abel, Monika Ahrens, Volker Faisst, Martin Hertel-Szabadi, Thorsten Schneider, Manfred Stindl