System and method for a made to specification e-commerce quoting and orders processing system on a stand alone or integrated portal

摘要

Defining product specifications via XSD/XSL/DTD file with responses to option variable questions. The option selections have user defined interrelationship and cross checking between options. XSL file includes functions to compute selling price, shipping cost, sales tax and other fields. System provides links to assist with input. Responses and Real time Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) layout are retained in XML format in a single table within the database. The final checout order occurs when update cart has been successfully completed without errors. A system defined allowed number of suppliers can be selected to provide quotes. The returned quoted price is displayed to the buyer who selects the supplier and awards the contract. The buyer continues on to the awarded supplier's site for completion of credit processing information to complete the commerce transaction. The portal will retian historical information of the transactions.