| 摘要 |
A project vendor, such as a print vendor in a commercial printing industry, enters process capabilities, end product capabilities, and available cost data points for products and processes into a project vendor interface, which is stored within system memory. Product and process options are selectable, such as through palette options within a graphic user interface, by one or more client users at one or more networked client computers. Product and process options are limited to the end product and process capabilities which were entered by the vendor. As a client user enters information regarding a project, the estimation system calculates and diplays estimated cost and uncertainty values for the entered project information, based upon the stored cost data points for similar products and processes. The client customer may proceed to enter more accurate information regarding the specification of a project. The client may analyze the costs of a project, save the project specification (i.e. take a snapshot), or may send the project specification to the vendor, such as for a formal request for quote. A client user may readily modify stored project specifications, and may compare estimated costs and uncertainties between different project specifications.
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