Patent ID: 8577738

Claim:
An ecommerce cost optimization system comprising: one or more computers configured with: a display component for displaying information identifying an item; a quantity selection tool responsive to a user input to select a quantity of the item; a delivery location selection tool responsive to a user input to set at least one delivery location for the selected quantity of the item; a delivery date selection tool responsive to a user input to select a delivery date for the selected quantity of the item to the selected delivery location; an optimized offer presentation tool responsive to the quantity selection tool, the delivery location selection tool, and the delivery date selection tool that, automatically in response to the selected delivery date for the selected quantity of the item to the selected delivery location, provides at least one price optimized option through the display component, wherein the at least one price optimized option is automatically selected from at least two combinations of one or more production schedules and one or more delivery options, wherein each of the combinations meets the selected delivery date for the selected quantity of the item to the selected delivery location; and an order placement tool responsive to a user input to place an order from amongst the at least one price optimized option provided by the optimized offer presentation tool.