| 摘要 |
<p>The invention includes a method of lubricants supply chain management (105) including: storing in a web-accessible database (107, 110a-110c) a catalog of lubricants (110b) and prices-per-unit for same which prices-per-unit optinally decrease based on certain pre-determined cumulative volume purchases; upon receiving at a web server a request from a web-browser client, querying the database and serving the results of the query to the requesting web-browser client for display (405); serving an order form to the web-browser client which is configured to contain fields for order quantity and type for lubricants, delivery type (13) preferences and delivery address entered in the web-browser client, and determining and displaying on the web-browser client a delivery price quote; receiving an order from the web-browser client for a specific type and quantity of lubricants and having a specific delivery type selected; electronically transmitting over a network (120) the order to an order fulfillment agent (125).</p> |
