Method and system for customizing a distribution network based on market conditions
AssigneeFooddirect, Inc.
InventorRobert Levine
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Abstract
A method for pricing a product by a wholesaler. The method comprises providing a master database of product information to a distributor, receiving a selection of products from the distributor, wherein the distributor chooses the selection from the master database and provides a variable margin amount for the products to the wholesaler. The wholesaler associates a customer category with the variable margin amounts, and then assigns the customer category to one of the products. Finally, the wholesaler calculates a variable price for the products, based on provided variable margin amount and transmits the calculated variable price for the products to the distributor.
Claims12
A method for using a computer to distribute and price products by a wholesaler, comprising:
- a) providing product information to a distributor to determine a variable margin amount for a customer for said product;
- b) receiving said variable margin amount from said distributor for said product;
- c) calculating on the computer a variable product price for said product for said customer, wherein calculating said variable product price comprises adding the distributor's variable margin amount with a wholesaler's price;
- d) indicating said variable product price on a customer's order sheet;
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- e) transmitting the order sheet to the customer with customized variable product price calculated on the computer.
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