Process for establishing privileged commercial relationships between a supplier and at least one customer, and an AD HOC supply system
First Claim
1. A process for establishing preferred temporary commercial relationships between a supplier of processed goods and at least one potential customer buyer of at least one of said goods connected to the supplier by at least one two-way information transmission system, comprising the following steps:
- a) detection by the supplier of a production overcapacity of at least one of said goods during a first determined period;
b) emission by the supplier over the transmission system, during a second determined period, of a message addressed at least to the potential customer buyer informing him of a temporary availability of at least one of said goods under special terms and conditions;
c) emission by the customer over the transmission system to the supplier during said second determined period of a message accepting the delivery of a certain quantity of said goods under said special terms and conditions during at least a third period included in said first period, and d) emission by the supplier to the customer of a message agreeing to deliver said quantity of said goods under the agreed terms and conditions.
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Abstract
A decision making unit (1), coupled to a command unit (G) of a processing unit (U) elaborating an industrial product (B), typically an industrial fluid, detects, in response to external data (SD, RI, 5, 3), temporary production overcapacities and transmits on line to potential customers (C) messages informing same of the temporary availability of specific quantities of said goods under special terms and conditions, and records the customer'"'"'s order placed in response thereto by the same Internet (I) or electronic mail (5) connections.
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11 Claims
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1. A process for establishing preferred temporary commercial relationships between a supplier of processed goods and at least one potential customer buyer of at least one of said goods connected to the supplier by at least one two-way information transmission system, comprising the following steps:
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a) detection by the supplier of a production overcapacity of at least one of said goods during a first determined period;
b) emission by the supplier over the transmission system, during a second determined period, of a message addressed at least to the potential customer buyer informing him of a temporary availability of at least one of said goods under special terms and conditions;
c) emission by the customer over the transmission system to the supplier during said second determined period of a message accepting the delivery of a certain quantity of said goods under said special terms and conditions during at least a third period included in said first period, and d) emission by the supplier to the customer of a message agreeing to deliver said quantity of said goods under the agreed terms and conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. A system for at least temporarily supplying processed goods to a customer for implementation of the process according to one of the preceeding claims, comprising, at the supplier'"'"'s side, at least one processing unit (U) having a command unit (G) and at least one delivery outlet for processed goods, and a decision making unit (1) responsive to incoming signals (SD, 5, 3) and comprising a two-way interface (2) for transmitting outgoing messages and for receiving incoming messages, the decision making unit (1) being connected to the command unit (G) for controlling the processing unit (U) in response to signals from the two-way interface (2).
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