Supply chain fulfillment coordination

摘要

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for coordinating the fulfillment of an outbound fulfillment order for one or more items between a first party and a second party. The first party places a sales order for the one or more items. The second party receives the sales order for the one or more items is received. A first set of rules is used to split the sales order into one or more work packages necessary to fulfill the order and produce the one or more items. A second set of rules is used to assign the work packages to one or more partners. The work packages are completed and the sales order is fulfilled for the one or more items by providing the one or more items to an entity specified by the first party.