Negotiation-based method and system for coordinating distributed mes order management

A method of managing manufacturing execution system (MES) orders within a structure of distributed systems having at least one ordering system (OS) and one or a plurality of executing systems (ES), the method comprising:

• a) creating by the OS an order for a service, the order including at least one negotiable requirement;
• b) distributing the order to one or several ES;
• c) evaluating the order by each of the one or several ES having received the order, and automatically determining whether the order should be accepted without negotiating the negotiable requirement or an offer should be created for the service in order to launch a negotiation process, wherein the OS and the respective ES will sequentially exchange offers and counteroffers until an agreement is reached or until the offer is refused;
• d) (i) if a least one of the ES accepts the order, assigning the order by the OS to the accepting ES and sending a refusal to any offer received from another ES;
• or
• (ii) if none of the one or several ES to which the order has been distributed has accepted the order, starting by the OS a negotiation process for the negotiable requirement with each of the one or several ES to which the order has been distributed.