Automated Computer System and Method for Procurement Management

摘要

A procurement management system and automated computer-implemented method for providing users with eco-friendly alternatives found in the marketplace. A procurement management system gives businesses of all size the ability to streamline their buying process and make this process more efficient and cost effective. The computer-implemented method is driven by a processor that queries for eco-friendly merchandise, similar to that of the products queried by the user. This automated computer-implemented method calculates and presents to customers (a) the number of trees saved; (b) the number of British Thermal Units saved; (c) the number of gallons of water saved; and (d) the pounds of CO2 equivalent saved due in part to all such customer purchases of environmentally friendly or “green” products.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for providing eco-friendly merchandise recommendations, the method comprising:
receiving at a server, computer product data for products offered for sale by merchants; querying by a server to recall said product data, from a plurality of merchants in accordance with the data requested; determining, by a processor, whether the query results had eco-friendly alternatives; in response to determining the presence of eco-friendly alternatives, soliciting a suggestion to a user of a plurality of products related to the first product; in response to determining the presence of eco-friendly alternatives, providing a comparison of queried results on the user's interface display; performing a green calculator function to determine the environmental impact of said user purchase from said merchant.