AUTOMATED THIRD-PARTY COST ESTIMATION AND PRODUCTION

摘要

A computer system for automated third-party cost estimation and production management receives a request for a particular packaging design template. The system identifies, with a continuous monitoring software application, current system capabilities. The continuous monitoring software application is configured to query multiple packaging production machines located on different networks and at different locations, gather current operating characteristics of each packaging production machine selected from the multiple packaging production machines, and query a queue memory space at each packaging production machine selected from the multiple packaging production machines. Based upon the current system capabilities, the system selects a particular packaging production machine selected from the multiple packaging production machines to produce the particular packaging design template. The system then produces the particular packaging design template.