Patent ID: 7249044

Claim:
A fulfillment management system, comprising: a local database operable to store consolidated product availability information associated with at least one product, the consolidated product availability information consolidated from a plurality of available-to-promise (ATP) servers, the local database separate and distinct from the plurality of ATP servers; and one or more processors coupled to the local database and collectively operable to: receive at least one component ATP request, each component ATP request corresponding to an ATP request line-item for a desired product; retrieve from the local database at least a portion of the consolidated product availability information associated with the desired product for each component ATP request, the consolidated product availability information consolidated from the plurality of ATP servers; determine an ATP response for each component ATP request using the consolidated product availability information retrieved from the local database, the consolidated product availability information consolidated from the plurality of ATP servers; generate a component quotation for each component ATP request according to the corresponding ATP response; and communicate the component quotation for consolidation with other component quotations; the consolidated product availability information stored in the local database enabling the component quotation to be generated and communicated without retrieving product availability information from the plurality of ATP servers in response to receiving the at least one component ATP request.