Prioritizing orders/receipt of items between users

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• at a server hosting an electronic procurement system:
• receiving business rules from a first purchasing organization governing interactions between the end users authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization and the electronic procurement system;
• receiving a first user purchase request from a first end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase an item associated with the electronic procurement system, and a second user purchase request from a second end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase the same item;
• and to generate a purchase order for the item;
• proximate to shipping the requested item, determining whether there is sufficient stock of the item available to fulfill both user purchase requests;
• prioritizing the user purchase requests, based on the determining and in accordance with the business rules received from the first purchasing organization;
• and
• fulfilling the prioritized user purchase requests in accordance with priority.

A server system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:
• receive business rules from a first purchasing organization governing interactions between the end users authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization and the server system;
• receive a first user purchase request from a first end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase an item, and a second user purchase request from a second end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase the same item;
• determine whether there is sufficient stock of the item available to fulfill both user purchase requests;
• in accordance with a determination that available stock is less than the stock required to fulfill both purchase quests, prioritize the user purchase requests, in accordance with the business rules received from the first purchasing organization;
• and
• generate a purchase order for at least one of the user purchase requests in accordance with the prioritizing,
• wherein the server system comprises an electronic procurement system.

A server system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:
• at an electronic procurement system:
• receive business rules from a first purchasing organization governing interactions between the end users authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization and the electronic procurement system;
• receive a first user purchase request from a first end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase an item associated with the electronic procurement system, and a second user purchase request from a second end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase the same item;
• and to generate a purchase order for the item;
• proximate to shipping the requested item, determine whether there is sufficient stock of the item available to fulfill both user purchase requests;
• prioritize the user purchase requests, based on the determining and in accordance with the business rules received from the first purchasing organization;
• and
• fulfill the prioritized user purchase requests in accordance with priority.

A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a server system, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:

• receive business rules from a first purchasing organization governing interactions between the end users authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization and the server system;
• receive a first user purchase request from a first end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase an item, and a second user purchase request from a second end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase the same item;
• determine whether there is sufficient stock of the item available to fulfill both user purchase requests;
• in accordance with a determination that available stock is less than the stock required to fulfill both purchase quests, prioritize the user purchase requests, in accordance with the business rules received from the first purchasing organization;
• and
• generate a purchase order for at least one of the user purchase requests in accordance with the prioritizing,
• wherein the server system comprises an electronic procurement system.

A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a server system, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:

• at an electronic procurement system:
• receive business rules from a first purchasing organization governing interactions between the end users authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization and the electronic procurement system;
• receive a first user purchase request from a first end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase an item associated with the electronic procurement system, and a second user purchase request from a second end user authorized to use the electronic procurement system on behalf of the first purchasing organization to purchase the same item;
• and to generate a purchase order for the item;
• proximate to shipping the requested item, determine whether there is sufficient stock of the item available to fulfill both user purchase requests;
• prioritize the user purchase requests, based on the determining and in accordance with the business rules received from the first purchasing organization;
• and
• fulfill the prioritized user purchase requests in accordance with priority.