Patent ID: 9111310
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for custom manufacturing, comprising: maintaining, by a server computer, a data store comprising (1) information about service level agreements with a plurality of partner systems, wherein a partner system enables customers to order a plurality of custom manufactured products, and wherein a service level agreement designates maximum delays for manufacturing different custom products, and (2) characteristics of a plurality of vendors, each vendor capable of manufacturing at least one of the plurality of custom manufactured products; receiving, by the server computer, a customer order from one of the partner systems, the order specifying a custom manufactured product; determining, by the server computer, based on the maximum delay designated in the applicable service level agreement, a desired ship date for the custom manufactured product; and selecting, by the server computer, one of the plurality of vendors to manufacture the custom product.