Virtual procurement folder

Abstract

A computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services, comprising requesting any one of a plurality of procurement entities, completing procurement items associated with the requested procurement entity, and recording the procurement items.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services, comprising: 
 requesting any one of a plurality of procurement entities;    completing procurement items associated with the requested procurement entity; and    recording the procurement items.    
     
     
         2 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 1 , wherein said procurement entity is a virtual procurement folder.  
     
     
         3 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 2 , wherein said virtual procurement folder comprises a plurality of the procurement items.  
     
     
         4 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 3 , wherein the procurement items are associated with different stages of a procurement process.  
     
     
         5 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 3 , wherein the procurement items comprise a plurality of procurement records.  
     
     
         6 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 3 , wherein the procurement items comprise a plurality of mandatory or optional procurement events.  
     
     
         7 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 1 , wherein the procurement entity has an associated procurement identifier.  
     
     
         8 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 7 , wherein the procurement entity may be requested by the procurement identifier.  
     
     
         9 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 defining or redefining stages of a procurement process.    
     
     
         10 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 automatically changing states according to variable rules;    
     
     
         11 . A computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services, comprising: 
 requesting procurement items associated with any stage of a procurement process;    completing the procurement items associated with said procurement process; and    recording the procurement items.    
     
     
         12 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 11 , wherein the procurement items comprise procurement records.  
     
     
         13 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 11 , wherein the procurement items comprise procurement events.  
     
     
         14 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 11 , wherein the procurement events may be mandatory or optional.  
     
     
         15 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 11  further comprising: 
 defining or redefining stages of the procurement process.  
 
     
     
         16 . The computer implemented method for facilitating the procurement of goods and services according to  claim 11 , further comprising: 
 automatically changing states according to variable rules.