System and Method for Providing an Intelligent Configuration Rationalization Solution
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1. A system of rationalizing part configurations of one or more products, comprising:
- a database comprising configuration data representing two or more options to configure the one or more products using a plurality of parts; and
an order analysis computer system coupled with the database and comprising one or more processors and memory that rationalizes differences between the two or more options of the configuration data of the one or more products, the order analysis computer system comprising one or more configuration listings elements comprising;
a parts element that provides a category of parts; and
in connection with the parts element, a search element comprising a value configured to be selected from one of retain, ignore, and standardize, wherein the order analysis computer system is configured to;
when the value is selected to be retain, retain a part associated with the search element for differentiating configurations in the configuration listings element;
when the value is selected to be ignore, cease to use a part associated with the search element for differentiating configurations in the configuration listings element;
when the value is selected to be standardize, standardize a part associated with the search element across configurations in the configuration listings element; and
store data associated with the two or more options.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for rationalizing configurations associated with one or more products. The system includes a database associated with one or more customers. The system further includes an order analysis system coupled with the database. The order analysis system is capable of rationalizing the differences between configurations of various combinations of options that are stored in the database.
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1. A system of rationalizing part configurations of one or more products, comprising:
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a database comprising configuration data representing two or more options to configure the one or more products using a plurality of parts; and an order analysis computer system coupled with the database and comprising one or more processors and memory that rationalizes differences between the two or more options of the configuration data of the one or more products, the order analysis computer system comprising one or more configuration listings elements comprising; a parts element that provides a category of parts; and in connection with the parts element, a search element comprising a value configured to be selected from one of retain, ignore, and standardize, wherein the order analysis computer system is configured to; when the value is selected to be retain, retain a part associated with the search element for differentiating configurations in the configuration listings element; when the value is selected to be ignore, cease to use a part associated with the search element for differentiating configurations in the configuration listings element; when the value is selected to be standardize, standardize a part associated with the search element across configurations in the configuration listings element; and store data associated with the two or more options. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of rationalizing part configurations of one or more products, comprising:
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accessing, by a computer, a plurality of filter criteria elements and one or more configuration listings elements; selecting, by the computer, one or more of the plurality of filter criteria elements for searching a database for two or more options to configure the one or more products using a plurality of parts; searching, by the computer, the database for the two or more options based on the selected filter criteria elements; displaying, by the computer, the search results in the one or more configuration listings elements, wherein the one or more configuration listings elements comprise; a parts element for providing a category of parts; and in connection with the parts element, a search element comprising a value configured to be selected from one of retain and standardize, when the value is selected to be retain, a part associated with the search element is retained for differentiating configurations displayed in the configuration listings element; when the value is selected to be standardize, a part associated with the search element is standardized across configurations displayed in the configuration listings element; and storing, by the computer, the search results of the two or more options in the database. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied with software for rationalizing part configurations of one or more products, the software when executed is configured to:
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access a user interface comprising a plurality of filter criteria elements and one or more configuration listings elements; select one or more of the plurality of filter criteria elements for searching a database for two or more options to configure the one or more products using a plurality of parts; search the database for the two or more options based on the selected filter criteria elements; display the search results in the one or more configuration listings elements, wherein the one or more configuration listings elements comprise; a parts element for providing a category of parts; and in connection with the parts element, a search element comprising a value that is configured to be selected from the group comprising;
retain and standardize,when the value is selected to be retain, a part associated with the search element is retained for differentiating configurations displayed in the configuration listings element; when the value is selected to be standardize, a part associated with the search element is standardized across configurations displayed in the configuration listings element; and store the search results of the two or more options in the database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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