System, apparatus and method for reticle grade andpricing management

摘要

A method, apparatus and system are provided for determining the price of a reticle set.The system retrieves information related to a specific reticle set from various data sources (e.g.,data bases) and determines a price for the reticle set. An example embodiment of the method of the invention for calculating a price of a reticle set comprises: a) receiving customer information for the reticle set and storing the customer information; b) receiving sales order data for the reticle set and storing the sales order data; c) retrieving layer information for the reticle set and storing the layer information; d) retrieving cost data for the layer information for the reticle set and storing the cost data; e) determining the price of the reticle set using the layer information, the sales order data, and the cost data; and storing the price of the reticle set; and f) outputting the price of the reticle set. In an optional step, the system can route a purchase request form for the reticle set for approval.