| 摘要 |
<p>A system for executing an order on behalf of a buyer or many buyers comprises: a central server coupled to a network; a common transaction platform on the central server; means for compiling self published real-time information from one or many product suppliers and/or one or many service suppliers onto the common transaction platform on the central server; means for granting a buyer or many buyers simultaneous access utilizing the same real-time functionality on the common transaction platform over the network; means for, using the common transaction platform, accepting from the buyer or many buyers, simultaneous queries as to the real-time availability of goods and/or services from one or many suppliers; means for, using the self published information on the common transaction platform, responding to simultaneous queries over the network, as to the real-time availability of the goods and/or services; and means for, using the common transaction platform to accept an order or simultaneous multiple orders for goods and services for one or many suppliers in real time, from a buyer or many buyers, automatically transmitting that order or many orders concurrently to a supplier or many suppliers of those goods and services. A system for a supplier or many suppliers of goods and/or services to create real-time inventory available to order or promise across a supply chain comprises: a virtual partition within legacy warehouse management systems created by a supplier or many suppliers; means for consigning inventory by a supplier or many suppliers into those partitions to create partitioned inventories; means for publishing the partitioned inventory by a supplier or many suppliers to a collaborative commerce hub, whereupon the inventory is simultaneously accessible to one or many buyers in real-time; means for dynamically allocating part or all of the partitioned inventory by a supplier or many suppliers to a buyer or many buyers in real-time or batch; the partitioned inventory being decremented in real-time as a buyer or many buyers accesses the same inventory functionality to place orders for goods and/or services in real-time.</p> |
