Patent ID: 7895199

Claim:
A system for modifying a purchase order for a manufactured product without requiring a change in the processes associated with the manufacture of that product, the system comprising: a storage system containing a database; a processor configured to: load the database with a plurality of purchase orders and change requests from waiting dealers, each purchase order specifying at least one manufactured product configuration for delivery to a first recipient, and each change request specifying a desired modification to a manufactured product configuration in a purchase order; receive a change request from a querying dealer, the change request specifying a desired modification to a manufactured product configuration in a purchase order for delivery to a second recipient different from the first recipient from the querying dealer; find a matching purchase order in the database that specifies the manufactured product configuration specified in the change request from the querying dealer and that is from a waiting dealer that made a change request for the manufactured product configuration that is specified in the purchase order from the querying dealer; switch the first recipient designated in the matching purchase order from the waiting dealer to the second recipient designated in the purchase order from the querying dealer; and switch the second recipient designated in the purchase order from the querying dealer to the first recipient designated in the matching purchase order from the waiting dealer, whereby the processes associated with the manufacture of the product configurations that are specified in the purchase order from the querying dealer and the matching purchase order are not modified.