System and Method for Optimal Resource Allocation

A system for optimal resource allocation, the system including:

• a. a customer submitting a request for at least one item of work to be done via electronically formatted customer requirement information via a respective personal computing device operating a client software application;
• b. a central server processing subsystem operating a server software application to:
• i. receive the electronically formatted customer requirement information;
• ii. create an electronically formatted offer with one or more offer parameters associated therewith and a unique offer identifier, each offer parameter and the unique offer identifier stored in a separate searchable field in the electronically formatted offer and storing the electronically formatted offer in an electronic storage location accessible by central server processing subsystem;
• iii. send the electronically formatted offer to a number of resources via a respective personal computing device to invite a resource response from any one or more of the resources;
• iv. receive an electronically formatted resource response from at least one resource via the respective personal computing device, the resource response including the unique offer identifier stored in a separate searchable field and an accept or decline marker as an indication of whether the offer is accepted or declined;
• wherein when the electronically formatted resource response is received by the central server processing subsystem, the electronically formatted resource response is analysed first for the unique offer identifier at entry to the central server processing subsystem to identify the offer and then for the accept or decline marker;
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• when the accept or decline marker indicates acceptance, if the offer is marked as auto-allocation, the server allocates the resource to the offer using the unique offer identifier and, if the offer is not set as auto-allocation, the resource response is simply recorded against the offer using the unique offer identifier for selection of one or more resources from those that accepted when the offer has been filled.