Intra-entity collaborative information management

摘要

A method is provided for implementing collaborative information management. Information collaboration entities are authorized to allow a plurality of entity members thereof access, to a collaborative information data structure. Each information collaboration entity is a different business entity than each other information collaboration entity. An entity member of each information collaboration entity is authorized to maintain business process information associated therewith in the collaborative information data structure. The business process information of each information collaboration entity is generated through a business process thereof. The business process information of each information collaboration entity is useful as quality control information for a manufactured product of a particular information collaboration entity. An entity member of a first information collaboration entity is authorized to access the business process information of a second information collaboration entity that is maintained within the collaborative information data structure.