Apparatus and Method for Aggregating Like Products for Customer Product Orders

摘要

A memory has stored therein information for an enterprise. This information can include product inventory information for a plurality of differing products at each of a plurality of enterprise nodes along with delivery-chain specifications regarding a plurality of different order-fulfillment delivery chains. A control circuit that operably couples to that memory serves to automatically aggregate like products for product orders entered by a plurality of different customers (such as, but not limited to, on-line customers) as a function of the product inventory information and the delivery-chain specifications to reduce delivery costs.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a memory having stored therein information for an enterprise, the information including: product inventory information for a plurality of differing products at each of a plurality of enterprise nodes; delivery-chain specifications regarding a plurality of different order-fulfillment delivery chains; a control circuit operably coupled to the memory and configured to: automatically aggregate like products for product orders entered by a plurality of different customers as a function of the product inventory information and the delivery-chain specifications to reduce delivery costs.