Automated third-party cost estimation and production

A computer-implemented method for automated third-party cost estimation and production management, the computer-implemented method executed on one or more processors comprising:

• receiving, from one or more scanning sensors, dimensions information for one or more target products;
• based upon the dimensions information, identifying, within a database, a particular packaging design template that is sized to fit the one or more target products;
• receiving, from a computing device, a request for a particular packaging design template;
• querying, with a continuous monitoring software application, a queue module associated with each packaging production machine within a set of packaging production machines, wherein the continuous monitoring software application is configured to:
• based on the querying of the queue module, identifying current system capabilities within the set of packaging production machines,
• wherein:
• the set of packaging production machines are located on different networks and at different geographic locations, and
• the system capabilities include current operating characteristics of each packaging production machine within the set of packaging production machines;
• based upon the current system capabilities, selecting a particular packaging production machine within the set of packaging production machines to produce the particular packaging design template;
• and
• causing the particular packaging production machine to produce the particular packaging design template.

A computer program product comprising one or more computer storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause a computer system to perform a method for automated third-party cost estimation and production management, the method comprising:

• receive, from one or more scanning sensors, dimensions information for one or more target products;
• based upon the dimensions information, identify, within a database, a particular packaging design template that is sized to fit the one or more target products;
• receiving, from a computing device, a request for the particular packaging design template;
• query, with a continuous monitoring software application, a queue module associated with each packaging production machine within a set of packaging production machines, wherein the continuous monitoring software application is configured to:
• based on the querying of the queue module, identifying current system capabilities within the set of packaging production machines,
• wherein:
• the set of packaging production machines are located on different networks and at different geographic locations, and
• the system capabilities include current operating characteristics of each packaging production machine within the set of packaging production machines;
• based upon the current system capabilities, selecting a particular packaging production machine within the set of packaging production machines to produce the particular packaging design template;
• and
• cause the particular packaging production machine to producing the particular packaging design template.