Patent ID: 7761367

Claim:
A method for financially monitoring an order comprising: electronically, by a processor, inserting an initial price for each of a plurality of manufactured goods on an order form; electronically displaying an initial projected product profit indicator for each of the plurality of manufactured goods and an initial projected total profit indicator on the order form, wherein the initial projected product profit indicator is a graphical image that identifies an initial projected product profit, wherein the initial projected product profit is calculated for each of the plurality of manufactured goods using the initial price, and wherein the initial projected total profit indicator is a graphical image that identifies an initial projected total profit defining a total of the initial projected product profit of all of the plurality of manufactured goods; generating an initial total price from the initial price of each of the plurality of manufactured goods, wherein the initial total price is offered by a salesperson to a customer, and wherein the customer rejects the initial total price; receiving, from the salesperson, an adjustment of the initial price of a manufactured good of the plurality of manufactured goods resulting in a reduced price of the manufactured good displayed on the order form; electronically, by the processor, calculating a revised projected product profit for the manufactured good and a revised projected total profit for the plurality of manufactured goods based on the reduced price, wherein the revised projected product profit fails to comply with a predefined projected product profit regulation defining an acceptable product profit margin, and wherein the revised projected total profit complies with a predefined projected total profit regulation defining an acceptable total profit margin; electronically displaying, on the order form, a revised projected product profit indicator for the manufactured good and a revised projected total profit indicator for the revised projected total profit, wherein the revised projected product profit indicator is a graphical image that identifies the revised projected product profit of the manufactured good, and wherein the revised projected total profit indicator is a graphical image that identifies the revised projected total profit defining a total of the revised projected product profit and the initial projected product profit of the plurality of manufactured goods; generating, on the order form, a revised total price from the reduced price, wherein the revised total price is offered by the salesperson to the customer; and electronically submitting the order form to initiate the order of the plurality of manufactured goods upon acceptance of the revised total price by the customer.