E-catalogue ordering for a supply chain management system

摘要

A method and program product comprising collecting from the network sales data for at least one product from a plurality of entities in the supply chain management system over a period of time; maintaining an electronic database of products, with each product having associated therewith in the database one or more items of equipment used to produce the product; if a criteria is met, performing a calculation to obtain usage data at a particular entity for an item of equipment of a particular type; accessing at least one equipment supplier electronic catalogue that contains the particular type of equipment represented by the item of equipment, with each of a plurality of catalogue items of equipment under this type of equipment having a different characteristic; selecting at least one of the items of equipment in the catalogue based on the usage data for the item of equipment and the characteristic; and displaying the selected one of the catalogue items of equipment.