Patent ID: 8538996

Claim:
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.