Methods and systems for consolidating purchase orders

A method for providing purchase consolidation information to a computer system over a network, the method comprising:

• receiving at a requester computer over the network a form having data for entering consolidation information;
• entering consolidation information into one or more of the data fields, wherein the consolidation information comprises at least one consolidation criterion specifying when items for purchase are to be consolidated into a purchase order;
• and
• transmitting the consolidation information from the requestor computer to the computer system over the network.

A method purchasing items over a computer network, the method comprising:

• transmitting from a computer system to a requester computer over a network a form having data fields for entering consolidation information;
• receiving at the computer system consolidation information from the requester computer over the network, the consolidation information comprising at least one consolidation criterion for determining how to consolidate purchase requests;
• receiving a plurality of requests to purchase one or more items at the computer system over the network;
• evaluating the requests using the consolidation criterion;
• and
• generating with the computer system one or more consolidated purchase orders containing the items satisfying the consolidation criterion.

A computer system for electronically ordering items, the computer system comprising a memory, a processor and a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium contains instructions executable by the processor to:

• receive consolidation information, the consolidation information comprising at least one consolidation criterion for determining how to consolidate purchase requests;
• receive a plurality of requests to purchase one or more items;
• evaluate the requests using the consolidation criterion;
• and
• generate one or more consolidated purchase orders containing the items satisfying the consolidation criterion.

A computer system for electronically ordering items, the computer system comprising a processor, a memory and a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium contains instructions executable by the processor to:

• transmit to a requester computer a form having data fields for entering consolidation information;
• receive consolidation information, the consolidation information comprising at least one consolidation criterion for determining how to consolidate purchase requests;
• receive a plurality of requests to purchase one or more items;
• evaluate the requests using the consolidation criterion;
• and
• generate one or more consolidated purchase orders containing the items satisfying the consolidation criterion.