Method and system for management of ordering, production, and delivery of made-to-specification goods

• US 20020120533A1
• Filed: 02/25/2002
• Published: 08/29/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hubert Wiesenmaier
• Original Assignee: Hubert Wiesenmaier
• Inventors: Wiesenmaier, Hubert
• Application Number:
  US10/080,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20020120533A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

A system for managing the ordering, production, and delivery of made-to-specification goods. The system includes a computer program product configured as a network application service provider. The computer program product includes a purchase order module operative to create purchase order data sets in cooperation with a buyer user, and notify a vendor user of the creation of each purchase order data set. The program includes a production schedule module operative to indicate acceptance status of each purchase order data set in cooperation with a vendor user and notify the creator of each purchase order of the acceptance status of that PO. In addition, the production schedule module will, for each accepted PO, create a production schedule data set in cooperation with the accepting vendor user, and notify a forwarder/consolidator user and the creator of the purchase order data set corresponding to the production schedule data set of the creation of each production schedule data set. Also, preferred embodiments of the invention include a shipping information module operative to create a shipping information data set in cooperation with a forwarder/consolidator user for each production schedule data set, and notify a customs broker user, each creator of the corresponding purchase order data set and the production schedule data set of the creation of the shipping information data set. Preferred embodiments include a viewing module operative to allow each notified user to view and print each date set for which that user has been notified.

Claims

1. A system for managing the ordering, production, and delivery of made-to-specification goods, the system comprising:

a computer program product configured as a network application service provider, and

comprising;

a purchase order module operative to;

create at least one purchase order data set in cooperation with a buyer user, and

notify a vendor user of the creation of each purchase order data set;

a production schedule module operative to;

indicate acceptance status of at least one purchase order data set in cooperation with a vendor user,

notify the creator of each purchase order for which acceptance status has been indicated of the acceptance status of that purchase order, and

for each accepted purchase order,

create a production schedule data set in cooperation with the accepting vendor user, and

notify

 

a forwarder/consolidator user and

 

the creator of the purchase order data set corresponding to the production schedule data set of the creation of each production schedule data set;

a shipping information module operative to

create a shipping information data set in cooperation with a forwarder/consolidator user for each production schedule data set, and

notify;

a customs broker user, each creator of the purchase order data set and the production schedule data set corresponding to the shipping information data set of the creation of the shipping information data set a viewing module

operative to allow each notified user to view and print each data set for which that user has been notified.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

A customs module operative to;

create at least one customs data set in cooperation with a customs broker user for each at least one shipping information data set, and

notify each creator of the purchase order data set, the production schedule data set, and the shipping data set corresponding to the customs data set of the creation of the customs data set.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

notifying a buying agent user at each point where the vendor user is notified.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a bar code generation module operative to generate bar code labels for cartons, bar code labels embodying packing list information for each corresponding carton.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the network for which the system is configured is the Internet and user interaction with the system is through a browser.