Patent ID: 8589251
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing trading in a plurality of trading networks, said method comprising: offering, via a computer, at least one trading network package, each trading network package based on negotiations occurring prior to receiving purchase requests from customer members of the trading network; said computer configuring each trading network package to include: (i) a value-add service offering offered by the trading network to the customer members for a fee, and (ii) a managed package for which a customer member of said customer members provides a volume commitment and for which actual purchases are tracked; or (iii) both said value-add service offering and said managed package; said computer configuring a first trading network package of the at least one trading network package of a first trading network of the plurality of trading networks as a plurality of portfolio items; and said computer configuring each portfolio item as a technology offering allowing use of specific applications for a given business function and an Information Technology (IT) infrastructure.