System and Method for Accessing and Evaluating Orders in an Order Processing and Fulfillment System

An method, comprising:

• instantiating, by a processor of an order processing system, an order fulfillment application;
• managing, by the order fulfillment application, an order through a location in a workflow of the order processing system;
• instantiating, by the processor, a rules engine;
• receiving, by the rules engine, the order and the location;
• selecting, by the rules engine, a rule based upon the location, the rule including a condition field, a result, an operator, and an action;
• retrieving, from the order fulfillment application, order information for the order based upon the condition field;
• comparing, by the rules engine, the order information with the result based upon the operator;
• evaluating, by the rules engine, the rule as being in a true state or a false state based upon a result of comparing the order information with the result;
• and
• providing, by the rules engine, response information to the order fulfillment application based upon the action when the rule is evaluated as being in the true state.

An order processing system, comprising:

• a memory including machine readable code;
• and
• a processor to execute the machine readable code to instantiate a rules engine to:
• receive an order and a location of the order in a workflow of an order fulfillment system;
• select a rule based upon the location, the rule including a condition field, a result, an operator, and an action;
• retrieve order information associated with the order based upon the condition field;
• compare the order information with the result based upon the operator;
• evaluate the rule as being in a true state or a false state based upon a result of comparing the order information with the result;
• and
• provide response information based upon the action when the rule is evaluated as being in the true state.