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Industrial it system for production of distribution power transformers

  • US 20050256776A1
  • Filed: 04/30/2003
  • Published: 11/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for integrating customer participation in an ordering process, comprising:

  • a sales computer operatively connected to a customer computer, wherein the sales computer receives an order for a product from a customer by way of a website viewed on a display device of the customer computer, a management computer operatively connected to the sales computer by way of a communications network, wherein the management computer receives order information from the sales computer, a project processing server operatively connected to the sales computer, wherein the project processing server receives a request for an optimization across a plurality of manufacturing plants, each plant having a product manufacturing capacity, performs the optimization according to the capacity, and transmits the optimization to the sales computer; and

    wherein the sales computer receives the optimization, determines whether to confirm the order and, if so, orders materials and places a hold on all or part of the capacity, and initiates an automated payment process with the customer.

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