Patent ID: 6965877

Claim:
A method for procuring a manufacturer for a project request comprising the steps of: submitting a specialized project request for a buyer to at least one manufacturer broker; responsive to said at least one manufacturer broker identifying one from among a plurality of current project requests filed with said at least one manufacturer broker that matches said specialized project request, receiving a notification for said buyer of said one of said plurality of current project requests that matches said specialized project request; responsive to receiving a selection by said buyer of said one of said plurality of current project requests, submitting said selection to said at least one manufacturer broker, wherein said at least one manufacturer broker facilitates specialization of said one of said plurality of current project requests by said buyer; responsive to said at least one manufacturer broker not matching said specialized project request with said one from among said plurality of current project requests, receiving a plurality of feasibility responses for manufacture of said project request from a plurality of prospective manufacturers via said at least one manufacturer broker; and processing, by a computer system, said plurality of feasibility responses so as to select a manufacturer from among said plurality of prospective manufacturers, such that said buyer procures said manufacturer from among said plurality of prospective manufacturers utilizing a single project request.