Methods and systems for consolidating purchase orders
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Abstract
A method is provided for electronically ordering items. The method includes receiving consolidation information at a server computer. The consolidation information includes at least one consolidation criterion for determining how to consolidate purchase requests. The method further includes receiving a plurality of requests to purchase one or more items at the server computer and evaluating the requests, using the consolidation criterion. A purchase order, containing the items meeting the consolidation criteria, is transmitted from the server computer to a supplier a purchase order containing the items meeting the consolidation criterion.
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30 Claims
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
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29. A computer system for electronically ordering items, the computer system comprising a processor, a memory and a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium contains instructions executable by the processor to:
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transmit to a requester computer a form having data fields for entering consolidation information;
receive consolidation information, the consolidation information comprising at least one consolidation criterion for determining how to consolidate purchase requests;
receive a plurality of requests to purchase one or more items;
evaluate the requests using the consolidation criterion; and
generate one or more consolidated purchase orders containing the items satisfying the consolidation criterion. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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