Joel Kevin Popelsky

8126913, Feb 28, 2012

May 8, 2008

12/117033

Giacomo J. Catucci - Clinton Corners NY, US
Robert M. Dunn - Hyde Park NY, US
Alfredo Fappiano - Torrington CT, US
Joel K. Popelsky - Highland Mills NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

707780

A method of searching for customer part numbers stored in an enterprise database includes creating a set of discrete search strings from a set of supplier part numbers by which a search of the customer part numbers is performed and identifying any exact, non-exact and further non-exact matches between the discrete search strings and the customer part numbers from an output of the search.

20070094239, Apr 26, 2007

Oct 21, 2005

11/163531

Giacomo Catucci - Clinton Corners NY, US
Robert Cremins - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Larry Dahl - Beacon NY, US
Alfredo Fappiano - Torrington CT, US
Vincent Giancaspro - Wappingers Falls NY, US
Michael Lauri - Montgomery NY, US
Denise O'Shea - Hopewell Junction NY, US
Joel Popelsky - Highland Mills NY, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - ARMONK NY

G06F 17/30

707003000

A method, system and program product for communicating part data between an enterprise and a particular supplier of a plurality of suppliers to the enterprise are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention provides a part number library database at the enterprise including part number detail data regarding a plurality of parts to be procured from the plurality of suppliers. The part number library database is used to generate a part number detail document file including all part number detail documents for the particular supplier, and a part number detail document add/change file including any new part number detail documents and any changed part number detail documents compared to a last generation of the part number detail document file for the particular supplier. The two files are then communicated to the particular supplier. Hence, the invention reduces duplicative work at the enterprise and ensures that the enterprise and the supplier are up-to-date on part information.

20080091442, Apr 17, 2008

Oct 12, 2006

11/548761

William H. Cochran - Rochester MN, US
Joel Popelsky - Highland Mills NY, US
Gary A. Tressler - Sandy Hook CT, US
David R. Whalen - Middletown NY, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Hopewell Junction NY

G06Q 10/00
G06F 9/44
G05B 19/418

705 1, 705 7, 705 8

Methods, systems and apparatus for defining, updating and communicating the current status of parts used by an enterprise to designers and procurement specialists. Allowable values of preferredness of parts are defined based on technology roadmaps, and these values are periodically checked in a current time period against certain criteria, and changes are made in the preferredness values to reflect current conditions in the time period and current estimates for future conditions. Software, including algorithms, is changed as required to implement the changes in the preferredness values, and the updated software is released for use by procurement and design personnel for ensuring consistency of values of preferredness and preferred part codes within an enterprise.