Bulk ordering

• Main Authors: FOTIADIS GEORGE, HOFFMAN GEORGE HARRY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.01.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A program product, system and method for a computer-implemented product ordering process for a plurality of buyers, with each buyer ordering for at least one store, the program product comprising machine-readable program code to be executed, comprising: program code for receiving in a supply chain system from a buyer who has entered a buyer system ID a selection of an item to order; program code for providing a display option to the buyer to generate an order to a supplier for an individual store only or to order for a plurality of stores of the buyer; program code for, if an order is to be generated for a plurality of stores of the buyer, displaying an electronic order form for generating an order for the plurality of different stores associated with the buyer system ID, wherein a designation for each of the plurality of the stores is displayed, with each different store having a separate order amount field; program code for receiving data to populate the order amount field for at least one of the plurality of stores; and program code for sending out the electronic order form to at least one supplier. In one embodiment, a graphical buyer interface is provided to present an option to automatically populate the order amount field for each of a plurality of the stores with a quantity entered in the order amount field for one of the stores.