METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VENDOR ASSURANCE

摘要

Methods and systems for identifying and coordinating vendors capable of providing a product or service associated with a transaction. Specifically, the invention includes methods and systems for creating order profiles used to select vendors for providing products or services available according to the transaction. A product or service related to the completion of the transaction is selected, a vendor ordering profile is selected, a vendor is selected according to a distribution selection method or by selection of a user, and the selected product or service is ordered from the selected product vendor.

主权项

1. A method for selecting a vendor for at least one transaction using at least one processor, the method comprising:
populating, via the at least one processor, a list of available products corresponding to the at least one transaction; receiving, via the at least one processor, a selection of an identified product related to the at least one transaction; determining, via the at least one processor, if an ordering profile corresponding to the identified product exists, the ordering profile comprising at least one desired characteristic associated with the identified product; comparing, via the at least one processor, the at least one desired characteristic to characteristics associated with each vendor contained in a first plurality of vendors to yield a second plurality of vendors capable of providing the identified product; automatically selecting, via the at least one processor, at least one vendor from the second plurality of vendors using a distribution selection method; and automatically ordering, via the at least one processor, the identified product from the at least one vendor selected according to the distribution selection method.