Inventors:
Casimir Wojcik - Tampa FL, US
Paul Pretto - Clearwater FL, US
Jim Courier - Dale City FL, US
Bob Morrow - Plant City FL, US
Joseph Wehry - Riverview FL, US
Paul Kuczynski - Tampa FL, US
Matt Edwards - Dale City FL, US
Mark Schneider - Land O'Lakes FL, US
Thomas Loftus - Plant City FL, US
Brian Schneiders - Temple Terrace FL, US
Thomas Bernardi - Odessa FL, US
Craig Pellerin - Tampa FL, US
Ron Bushaw - Plant City FL, US
Michael Schebell - Lutz FL, US
William Hartley - Spring Hill FL, US
Sheila Cappel - Lutz FL, US
Kimberly Weisgarber - Webster FL, US
Henry Vogler - Brandon FL, US
Louis Ferguson - Zephyrhills FL, US
Assignee:
Lykes Bros., Inc. - Tampa FL
International Classification:
G06Q 30/00
Abstract:
The system of this invention manages customer orders using vendor supplied software systems interfaced on a real-time basis to touch the data in each system on a real-time basis. In effect, there is horizontal communication between the various components of the system such as inventory, purchasing, order management and receipt, logistics and inventory to have continual data flow without using a vertical software interface. As a result, customer orders are received on a real-time basis using screens that are user friendly to promptly take orders, to verify customer data and to verify the ability to meet those orders. Transmission of documents within the system is minimized thereby making it more efficient, timely and cost efficient.
