System, method and computer program product for an office products supply chain management framework
First Claim
1. A method for managing an office product supply chain utilizing a network, comprising:
- a) receiving data from a plurality of office product outlets of an office product supply chain utilizing a network, the data relating to the sale of office products by the office product outlets;
b) generating an electronic order form based on the data for ordering office products from an office product distributor of the office product supply chain;
c) transmitting the data to the office product distributor of the office product supply chain utilizing the network;
d) transmitting the data to an office product supplier of the office product supply chain utilizing the network; and
e) forecasting activity in the office product supply chain utilizing the data.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are disclosed for managing an office product supply chain utilizing a network. A network is utilized to receive data from a plurality of office product outlets of an office product supply chain in which the data relates to the sale of office product by the office product outlets. An electronic order form is generated based on the data for ordering office product from an office product distributor of the office product supply chain. The data is transmitted via the network to the office product distributor of the office product supply chain. The data is also transmitted to an office product supplier of the office product supply chain utilizing the network. Additionally, activity in the office product supply chain is forecast utilizing the data.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for managing an office product supply chain utilizing a network, comprising:
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a) receiving data from a plurality of office product outlets of an office product supply chain utilizing a network, the data relating to the sale of office products by the office product outlets;
b) generating an electronic order form based on the data for ordering office products from an office product distributor of the office product supply chain;
c) transmitting the data to the office product distributor of the office product supply chain utilizing the network;
d) transmitting the data to an office product supplier of the office product supply chain utilizing the network; and
e) forecasting activity in the office product supply chain utilizing the data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for managing an office product supply chain utilizing a network, comprising:
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a) logic for receiving data from a plurality of office product outlets of an office product supply chain utilizing a network, the data relating to the sale of office product by the office product outlets;
b) logic for generating an electronic order form based on the data for ordering office product from an office product distributor of the office product supply chain;
c) logic for transmitting the data to the office product distributor of the office product supply chain utilizing the network;
d) logic for transmitting the data to an office product supplier of the office product supply chain utilizing the network; and
e) logic for forecasting activity in the office product supply chain utilizing the data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for managing an office product supply chain utilizing a network, comprising:
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a) computer code for receiving data from a plurality of office product outlets of an office product supply chain utilizing a network, the data relating to the sale of office product by the office product outlets;
b) computer code for generating an electronic order form based on the data for ordering office product from an office product distributor of the office product supply chain;
c) computer code for transmitting the data to the office product distributor of the office product supply chain utilizing the network;
d) computer code for transmitting the data to an office product supplier of the office product supply chain utilizing the network; and
e) computer code for forecasting activity in the office product supply chain utilizing the data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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