Forms order entry system

US6076080A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Standard Register, Inc. · US

Inventors

• William F. Morscheck · Franklin, US
• Kenneth W. Miller · Tipp City, US
• Thomas J. Ryan · Del Mar, US
• David Ohlemacher · Dayton, US
• C. Thomas Russell · Springboro, US
• Mark A. Burgbacher · Mason, US
• Christopher L. Schweikert · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2000
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/84
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An order entry system is provided comprising a first computer system, a printing station computer system, a form design repository, a second computer system, a validation engine, and a pricing engine. The first computer system captures form design data and the second computer generates a form price, validates the form, and transmits a validated and priced order to the printing station computer system. The second computer is also programmed to store an index of form design files in the form design repository. The forms order entry system is also programmed to determine manufacturability of an ordered form by comparing its form design data to a set of validation rules and route manufacturability exceptions to a selected one of a plurality of exception handling locations. The pricing engine determines identified labor, material, burden, and mark-up cost components, and applies a set of pricing rules to them, to enable calculation of a form price.