Patent ID: 7747470
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method to enable a rapid response to a request to bid on the manufacture of a product by a bid requester, the method comprising the steps of: a. obtaining information provided by a bid requester associated with the manufacture of the product; b. identifying, by one or more computer processors, the manufacturing capabilities of a plurality of manufacturers considered capable of manufacturing the product by querying a database of one or more manufacturers to produce a list of manufacturers capable of manufacturing the product; c. translating, by one or more computer processors, the information associated with the manufacture of the product into a format that is compatible with the identified capabilities of the plurality of manufacturers; d. generating, by one or more computer processors, product fabrication information specific to the manufacturers based on the product information provided by the bid requester; e. generating, by one or more computer processors, bid response information based on the generated product fabrication information for each of the plurality of manufacturers identified as capable of fabricating the product, including the identification of combinations of manufacturers capable of fabricating the product in partnership; f. contacting the identified manufacturers considered capable of manufacturing the product in partnership to determine their interest in bidding on the manufacture of the product; and g. providing to the interested manufacturers the bid request information and the product fabrication information specific to the interested manufacturers.