OBI transaction flow
By Staff -- Purchasing, 12/10/1998 2:00:00 AM
* Requisitioner views home page on purchasing server for links to supplier merchant server with online catalog with desired goods.
* After assurance that requisitioner is truly from buying organization, requisitioner browses catalog, selects items, and confirms order content.
* If requisitioner places order, supplier transmits OBI order-request securely to buying organization server for added information and approval.
* OBI order request is mapped to OBI order request format and is transmitted securely from supplier to buying organization via the Internet.
* Administrative information is added, requisitioner completes order form, order is "approved," and completed order is formatted and returned securely to supplier via the Internet.
* Payment authorization is obtained from payment authority (possibly the supplier), order enters supplier's fulfillment process and is delivered to requisitioner.
* Buying organization receives billing statement and generates check.
The OBI Consortium is based at 4005 Miranda Ave., suite 175, Palo Alto, Calif. 94304. Tel: (650) 858-1930, ext. 223; fax: (650) 858-1936. For more information contact Patrick Gannon, executive director, on the Internet at gannon@openbuy.org or Gabriele Rennie, program manager, at gabriele@openbuy.org.
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