Method and apparatus for pricing products in multi-level product and organizational groups

A method for determining price of a product, the method comprising the steps of:

• arranging a hierarchy of organizational groups and a hierarchy of product groups;
• identifying a purchasing organization and one or more organizational groups from said hierarchy of organizational groups;
• identifying said product and one or more product groups from said hierarchy of product groups;
• determining said price of said product based on a pricing adjustment corresponding to said purchasing organization, said one or more organizational groups, said product, and said one or more product groups.

An apparatus for determining price of a product offered to a purchasing organization, the apparatus comprising:

• means for displaying a hierarchy of organizational groups;
• means for identifying at least one organizational group above said purchasing organization in said hierarchy of said organizational groups;
• means for displaying a hierarchy of product groups;
• means for identifying at least one product group above said product in said hierarchy of product groups;
• means for retrieving pricing adjustments corresponding to said product, purchasing organization, at least one organizational group, and at least one product group;
• means for determining said price of said product by applying said pricing adjustments.

An apparatus for determining price of a product, the apparatus comprising:

• means for displaying a hierarchy of organizational groups and a hierarchy of product groups;
• means for identifying a purchasing organization and one or more organizational groups from said hierarchy of organizational groups;
• means for identifying said product and one or more product groups from said hierarchy of product groups;
• means for determining said price of said product based on a pricing adjustment corresponding to said purchasing organization, said one or more organizational groups, said product, and said one or more product groups.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for determining price of a product, said computer readable program code in said article of manufacture comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to display a hierarchy of organizational groups and a hierarchy of product groups;
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to identify a purchasing organization and one or more organizational groups from said hierarchy of organizational groups;
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to identify said product and one or more product groups from said hierarchy of product groups;
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to determine said price of said product by applying a pricing adjustment corresponding to said purchasing organization, said one or more organizational groups, said product, and said one or more product groups.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for determining price of a product offered to a purchasing organization, said computer readable program code in said article of manufacture comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to display a hierarchy of organizational groups;
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to identify at least one organizational group above said purchasing organization in said hierarchy of said organizational groups;
• computer readable program code configured to, cause a computer to display a hierarchy of product groups;
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to identify at least one product group above said product in said hierarchy of product groups;
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to retrieve pricing adjustments corresponding to said product, purchasing organization, at least one organizational group, and at least one product group;
• computer readable program code configured to cause a computer to determine said price of said product by applying said pricing adjustments.

A method for determining price of a product, the method comprising the steps of:

• identifying a purchaser;
• identifying one or more product groups corresponding to said product;
• identifying one or more organizational groups corresponding to said purchaser;
• determining price of said product based on a price adjustment corresponding to said product, purchaser, one or more product groups, and one or more organizational groups.