| 摘要 |
<p>A method computer program and single enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for procuring a product or service. The single ERP system includes an input for receiving information relating to product demand for a plurality of end users via a cooperative buying group a predictive engine for accumulating the received product demand into a single demand schedule and an output for transmitting the single demand schedule to a manufacturer/original source of the product. An optimization engine is provided for receiving product availability information from the manufacturer/original source of the product by the cooperative buying group and for determining one or more options for ordering the products. A procurement system is also included for providing the product availability information to the one or more options for ordering the products for receiving one or more product orders for ordering product from the manufacturer/original source of the product and for managing shipping the product.</p> |
