TW484079B - A method of supplying a product - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of supplying a product includes establishing a database comprising a number of product entries. Each product entry includes product identification information, supplier identification information and pricing information. Making the database available to retailers interested in purchasing products on the database and receiving orders for products on the database from retailers. All the orders received are aggregated for each product to generate a final aggregated order for each product. Each final aggregated order includes a final aggregated quantity and a final price. The final aggregated orders are communicated to the supplier identified by the supplier information associated with each product, and the products are received from the supplier and supplied to the retailer.

Description

484079 V. Description of the invention (1) The present invention is a method related to product supply. When retailers want to buy goods for resale, they usually buy directly from manufacturers or through middlemen such as wholesalers. However, it is difficult to confirm whether the manufacturer has obtained a license to manufacture the related goods in a specific area for some merchandised products. In addition, each retailer wants to purchase specific items individually from the manufacturer. Therefore, when a retailer purchases goods from a wholesaler, the wholesaler will have to bear the commercial risk of stocking the goods, because the retailer does not guarantee that he will want to buy the entire batch of inventory that the wholesaler has purchased. According to the present invention, the method of product supply consists of establishing a database of many product items, and each product item includes product identification information, supplier identification information, pricing information, and provides a database for the products on the database. Retailers who are interested in buying, collect retailer's product orders from the database, aggregate all orders received for each product into the total order for each product, and submit the total order with the supplier information related to each product To the supplier, collect the product from the supplier and supply the product on the order to the retailer /. The best is to allow retailers to use databases from computer online databases such as the Internet. However, retailers can use the database through any other suitable method, such as a CD or even a traditional printed catalog. (The product can be marketed in a day-to-day manner, and the supplier has a license for the product. Features. Each product should preferably include geographic information to indicate the region to supply to authorized suppliers. Furthermore, the product information should preferably include product delivery information, including 484079 V. Invention Description (2) The predetermined time between the order being placed and the delivery. · Product information may also include product descriptions, product drawings, minimum quantities, packaging structure and / or any other information about the product. Pricing information includes relative information for different product quantities. Price. The order placed by the retailer includes the quantity and bid of the retailer's product. If the retailer's bid is lower than the price in the total order, the order is retained and considered as a potential order. Later, the total order is issued Before the order, if the total price becomes lower than or equal to the retailer's bid, the potential order is added to the total order.

Before sending out the total order, if the total price is higher than the retailer's bid, it is best to pass the total price and total quantity to the retailer, and respond that the retailer can increase the order quantity to reduce, the total price or increase the bid. When the database is provided online, the product information may further include the current total quantity and the current total price. An order placed by a retailer includes a scheduled delivery date, and the order will be confirmed only on or after the day when the scheduled delivery date is the final total order decision date plus the product delivery waiting time. The supply method according to the present invention will now be described. Traditionally, there is no centralized product information channel for retailers who want to buy goods. The present invention alleviates this problem by providing a database containing information about different products to interested retailers, and helps retailers order products they are interested in. In the example of the invention, the database is constructed as a server on a computer connected to the Internet, so that the retailer can use the Internet

Page 6 484079 V. Description of Invention (3) Use this database. Those who are authorized to supply goods can upload their license information through the Internet, including company name, title, contact details and details of authorized supply products, authorized supply regions and other relevant product information . Product information includes product name, product description, product availability, product design, manufacturer, manufacturing country, minimum order quantity, product type, consumer group, index timing (if relevant), packaging type, pricing structure, product Features, any awards received by the product, expiration date of the product (if relevant), barcode information, delivery items, accreditation information and fees to be delivered to the accredited person. Typical pricing information will include relevant prices when ordering different quantities. For example, if the order quantity of a known product is 100 units, the product may be US $ 5 per unit, but if the order quantity is 500 units, the price may be reduced to US $ 4.5 per unit. When a retailer wants to use the Internet access server to purchase goods, it is generally necessary to register as a retailer user before ordering the products listed on the server. However, pre-registration is only an option and not a necessity of the present invention. When registered retailer users want to use the Internet access server to purchase products, they can browse the server website in the traditional way to obtain a list of available product catalogs. For example, the product can be indexed by consumer group, indicator timing, product category (such as a short-sleeved crew neck or trophy), or any other suitable editing method. The retailer selects the product from the catalog and displays the details of that product. Product details include pricing information and information about other products mentioned above. If the retailer decides to order the product, an order is submitted including product identification, the quantity the retailer wants to buy, and zero

Page 7 484079 • V. Description of the invention (4) Unit price that the seller wants to pay. It should be noted that the price that the retailer wants to pay does not need to be consistent with the price in the product information. When a retailer submits an order, the order quantity and the price the retailer wants to pay must be compared with the total order for the product. When the total order quantity is obtained, the pricing can be determined based on the information about the product. For example, for products whose quantity exceeds' 500 units, the price is US $ 4.5 per unit, and for quantities between 100 and 500 units, it is US $ 5 per unit. If there are two orders but each unit is 300 units, the price of $ 4.5 per unit will be accepted. Since the current total order quantity is 600 units, the price can be calculated at $ 4.5 per unit φ . Therefore, if a retailer enters an order quantity of 100, but the price per unit is only 4.5 dollars, the total order quantity is 7 0 0 because there are other orders in it, so the total order quantity will exceed 50 0 0, so the unit price can be $ 4.5, and the order will be confirmed. However, if the current total order quantity is only 300 units, and the retailer places an order quantity of 100 units at a price of $ 4.5 per unit, the order will not be confirmed because its total The order quantity is less than 50,000, so the unit price is $ 5, which is higher than the retailer's bid of $ 4.5. Therefore, the retailer's order is kept on the server as a potential order. If other retailers later order 150 units or more at $ 4.5 per unit, the total order quantity including potential orders will be 5 50, and $ 4.5 per unit will be given price. The potential order will be confirmed as the price ($ 4.5) is less than or equal to the retailer's bid ($ 4.5). In addition, the retailer's order must include the scheduled delivery date of the product. The retailer's order is only determined when the scheduled delivery date is the final total order

Page 8 484079 V. Description of the invention (5) The order will not be confirmed until the day of or after the product delivery waiting time is added. The database that the retailer must register will also include the customs clearance time of shipping and goods arriving at the retailer's destination port, and this will also be included in the product order-to-delivery time to determine the scheduled delivery date given by the retailer. Is it on or after the final final order date plus the waiting time for product delivery plus the shipping and cargo clearance time. If the scheduled delivery date is before the final total order date plus product delivery waiting time plus shipping and cargo clearance time, the retailer will be notified by email asking him to confirm or cancel the order. Orders submitted to the server by the retailer will be collected (organized) regularly. For example, it might be twice a week, once a week, or once a month. Before the final arrangement, for any potential orders that have not been confirmed but have not been confirmed, the retailer will be notified by email, notifying him that the potential order has not been confirmed, and giving details of the potential order and the current total amount and total price. The retailer has the opportunity to increase its order quantity so that the total price can be reduced to its original bid, increase his bid so that its price is equal to the current total order quantity plus the total price of its order quantity, or both the order quantity and the bid price Both increase. When the orders were finally merged, because the retailer had increased their bids and / or quantities so that they were included in the order, the combined order was sent to authorized licensees, and then the required amount of the orders was supplied to the database processor . When the database handler receives the product, the appropriate quantity is delivered to the retailer who has already purchased it. In addition, when a retailer accesses a particular preferred product whose total quantity matches its price, it displays product information to the retailer. This information will also be updated when a new order is confirmed. However, if the order is only classified

Page 9 484079 V. Description of Invention (6) This information is not affected when it is a potential order. The advantage of the present invention is that it provides a central repository of available merchandise, and also includes product information available in specific regions. In addition, by combining many orders from different retailers, the system allows retailers to purchase products at a reduced price, which is equivalent to the price they would pay if they separately asked an authorized dealer to purchase the same quantity.

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Claims (1)

484079 VI. Scope of Patent Application 1 · A method of supplying products' This method consists of establishing a database of many product items, and each product item includes product identification information, supplier identification information, pricing information, and information provided The library is for retailers who are interested in purchasing the products on the database, collects the retailer ’s products from the database •-product orders, adds up all orders received for each product to the final total order for each product, including The final total and final price for each final order, the final total order is passed to the supplier through the supplier information related to each product, the product is collected from the supplier, and the product on the order is supplied to the retailer. φ 2. The product supply method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the database is an online database. 3. The product supply method as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the product information further includes the current total quantity and the current total price corresponding to the current total quantity. _ 4 · The product supply method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the order placed by the retailer includes the order quantity and bid. 5. The product supply method described in item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the order placed by the retailer still includes a predetermined delivery date. 6 · The product supply method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein if the bid is lower than the market price, the order is retained as a potential order. # 7 · The product supply method described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the market price is low or equal to the bid, the potential order is added to the current total order. 8. The product supply method as described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the market-price is higher than the bid, the current total quantity is transmitted before the final total order is transmitted Page 12 484079 6. The scope of patent application and market price are passed to the retailer. 9. The product supply method as described in claim 11 of the profit scope, where the product information includes the product order-to-delivery time, and the final total order date plus the product order-to-delivery only at the scheduled delivery date The order will be added to the current total order on or after the time. _ 1 0 · The product supply method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the data library is accessible via the Internet. · 11. The product supply method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the product is a commodity product. 12. The method for supplying a product as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the supplier has a license for the product. 1 3. The method of product supply as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein each product further includes geographic information to specify the region to supply to authorized suppliers. 14. The product supply method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the product information includes one or more product descriptions, product drawings, order-to-delivery time, minimum quantity, and details of the packaging structure of the product supply. 1 5. According to the product supply method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the pricing information includes the relative prices for different product quantities. Page 13