SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INVENTORY, PROCUREMENT AND DATA AGGREGATION amp; QUERIES FOR THE HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY

摘要

In general, the invention relates to an online plant and horticultureinformationand procurement system and more particularly, to a system and method formanaging inventory item queries, data requests and procurement transactionsfor avariety of inventory items in the horticulture and landscape industry.The common reference SKU is an algorithm that creates a common referencenumber for all combinations and permeations for plants grown and sold in thehorticultural industry.An horticultural eMarket server obtains inventory data from one or moreindustryparticipants (eg buyers and suppliers). The inventory data containsdescription onplant cultivar, grade, format, shape and size. Using this inventory data theindustryparticipant's inventory SKUs matched to a common reference SKU that containsthe same or similar characteristics. The horticultural eMarket server storestheindustry participants SKU and common reference SKU as a match. Thehorticultural eMarket server utilizes the common reference SKU and thecorresponding matching industry participant SKU to process user requests fordataaggregation, available inventory, ordering and order management and prepricing.