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Electronic Procurement system

  • US 20020072986A1
  • Filed: 03/05/2001
  • Published: 06/13/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer system for the ordering of items from an intermediary by a customer, the items or parts for the items being supplied to the intermediary by a supplier, the computer system comprising:

  • a data store for storing data comprising an item identifier, a corresponding indication of a level of stock of the item or a part for the item held by the supplier, and an indication of at least one order for the item by said customer;

    a program store storing programming code implementable by a processor; and

    a processor, coupled to the data store for accessing the stored data and to the program store for implementing code in the program store, the programming code implementing processing comprising;

    providing a customer interface to the data store to receive a request for an item from the customer, to output offer data for making an offer to supply the requested item to the customer based upon the stock level of the item or a part for the item held by the supplier, and to receive from the customer and store in the data store order data for the requested item; and

    providing a supplier interface to the data store to receive from the supplier and store in the data store an indication of a level of stock of an item or a part for the item held by the supplier, and to output customer order data for the item to the supplier.

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