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The case against Louise Sullivan, the Australian nanny charged with GBH against a baby in her care, has been postponed until July 21.
Miss Sullivan was charged with GBH on April 17 after six-month-old Caroline Jongen from Asmara Road, Cricklewood, was rushed to hospital with head injuries. She later died.
Miss Sullivan, who is on bail, was due to reappear before Clerkenwell magistrates on Monday.
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Nolan Bertrandoff Miller (January 8, 1933 – June 6, 2012)[1] was an American fashion and jewelry designer on QVC and a television costume designer best known for his work on the long-running 1980s series Dynasty, its spin-off series The Colbys and the 1991 miniseries Dynasty: The Reunion. He collaborated on many projects with television producers Aaron Spelling and Douglas S. Cramer, including Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Hotel, and Vega$.
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Miller was born at Burkburnett, Texas in 1933, not 1935 as had been misreported. He was the fourth of five children born to William and Marie Miller.[citation needed] Nolan later stated, "When I was about in the 5th or the 6th grade I made up my mind I fell in love with movies and I thought I want to design gorgeous costumes for gorgeous stars and it was my lifelong ambition. I never wanted anything else. I never changed".[2] He worked in the oil fields of Texas and Louisiana after high school. His family moved at least twice before settling in San Bernardino, California. He studied design at the Chouinard Art Institute, now the California Institute of the Arts. Unable to find work in the entertainment industry, he worked in a florist shop in Beverly Hills, where he met Aaron Spelling, who hired Miller to design clothes for the film, thus initiating Miller's career creating fashion for the stars.[2][3]
From 1983 to 1987, Miller was nominated six times for an Emmy Award, and won an Emmy in 1984 for his work on Dynasty, which also set a fashion trend for strong-shouldered dresses and power suits.[3] He was nominated four times for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Series for his work on Dynasty; he was also nominated in 1985 for the Elizabeth Taylor television movie Malice in Wonderland and in 1987 for The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, starring Ann-Margret and Claudette Colbert.[4]
Christopher Schemering notes in The Soap Opera Encyclopedia that "[t]he Nolan Miller creations became so popular that Dynasty spawned its own line of women's apparel", and later a men's fashion line.[5] "The Dynasty Collection," was a series of haute couture designs based on costumes worn by Joan Collins, Linda Evans and Diahann Carroll. Miller maintained a career as a private couturier in Beverly Hills, California, with clients including Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Collins. For two decades he designed a line of jewelry for QVC.[citation needed]
Nolan had battled lung cancer for several years. He announced his retirement on July 4, 2011 on QVC.[6] Friend and actress Joan Collins broke the news that Miller had died in his sleep in Woodland Hills, California on June 6, 2012; he was 79 years old.[1][3] He was predeceased by his ex-wife, Sandra Stream Miller, who died in November 2011; they had no children.
Selected credits[edit]
- These Old Broads (2001) (TV)
- Titans (2000-2001) (TV)
- Sunset Beach (1997) (TV) (jewelry designing and furnishing)
- Pacific Palisades (1997) (TV)
- Models Inc (1994-1995) (TV)
- Dynasty: The Reunion (1991) (TV)
- Soapdish (1991)
- Peter Gunn (1958) (TV)
- Skin Deep (1989)
- Malice in Wonderland (1985) (TV)
- Hollywood Wives (1985) (TV miniseries)
- The Colbys (1985-1987) (TV)
- Making of a Male Model (1983) (TV)
- Hotel (1983-1988) (TV)
- Don't Go to Sleep (1982) (TV)
- Bare Essence (1982) (TV)
- Paper Dolls (1982) (TV)
- T.J. Hooker (1982-1986) (TV)
- Dynasty (1981-1989) (TV)
- Honey West (1965) (TV)
- Hart to Hart (1979-1984) (TV)
- Charlie's Angels (1976-1981) (TV)
- ^ a b Collins, Joan (June 7, 2012). "My dear friend Nolan Miller died peacefully in his sleep last night. He was a huge part of my life and I will miss him terribly. Rest now NM". Twitter. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- ^ a b "In Memory of Nolan Miller". QVC on YouTube. June 7, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ a b c Eric Wilson, "Nolan Miller, Designer of 'Dynasty' Power Looks, Is Dead at 79", June 8, 2012, New York Times
- ^ Nolan Miller awards at IMDb.com
- ^ Schemering, Christopher. The Soap Opera Encyclopedia, September 1985, pg. 81, ISBN 0-345-32459-5 (1st edition)
- ^ "QVC.com Retirement Dedication for Nolan Miller, and products". QVC.com. 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2012.


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When police work turns personal: Local agencies say cases of favoritism, abuse of position taken seriouslyFARGO - One policeman convinced his fellow officers not to bust a booze party because he knew it could jeopardize a scholarship for one of the minors involved.
Another officer working the scene of a traffic accident gave an injured person the business card of the chiropractic clinic where she worked a second job.
Yet another member of the Fargo Police Department accessed official police reports to learn about a narcotics investigation involving a family member.
Disciplinary records dating back to 2008, obtained by The Forum through an open records request from metro-area law enforcement agencies, don't contain an abundance of cases where the personal interests of police interfered with their professional duties.
But that line occasionally is crossed, and local law enforcement officials say such incidents are taken seriously and handled swiftly.
"Those things we take very serious down here, and they are investigated as soon as they come to light," said Fargo police Sgt. Mike Mitchell, who oversees the department's internal affairs office, known as the Office of Professional Standards.
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A Forum review of personnel complaints filed since 2008 with the Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo police departments and the Cass County and Clay County sheriff's offices showed disciplinary action for such behavior ranged from letters of consultation to multiple-day suspensions.
Mitchell said he couldn't recall a situation in which a Fargo police officer was fired for allowing personal interests to get in the way of the job.
"That doesn't mean it couldn't happen based on the severity of it," he said.
In one case, an officer resigned before the investigation was completed and any disciplinary action could be taken. According to the complaint, she had accessed an official police report in July 2012 to learn about the arrest of her friend in a domestic violence incident, then used the information in an email to an assistant Cass County state's attorney to try to sway prosecution of the case.
Fargo Police Chief Keith Ternes sustained the complaint, finding that the officer violated policies related to dissemination of information and use of position. But the officer resigned before Ternes released his findings, and the file was closed.
In another case from last year, an office supervisor – not an officer – was disciplined for accessing an official police report to learn about a narcotics investigation involving a family member and printing a copy of the report, according to a complaint dated May 4, 2012.
The report had been locked by the deputy police chief, "however the report was still accessed for personal reasons which is outside of department policy," said the disciplinary determination, which was a letter of reprimand for unsatisfactory performance and dissemination of information.
Mitchell said that "certainly the human element comes into play" in such a case, and one can't help but feel sorry for the employee.
"But from a professional standpoint, we can't even allow that to interfere with our decision making," he said.
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Mitchell said part of the officer training program involves discussing the need to avoid acting on personal bias or showing favoritism to family, friends and co-workers.
Officers also must learn the department's policies on accepting gifts, gratuities, bribes and rewards, which are more stringent than the city's general policies, Mitchell said. For example, he said, officers should understand why they can't accept a free meal from a restaurant.
"We can't do that because then there's that potential down the road that could lead to an integrity issue, or it could lead to a relationship where there's an expectation," he said.
In one example of favoritism, a Cass County deputy received a written reprimand for calling a truck driver in the Kindred area and letting him know the "boys," meaning deputies, would be in the Kindred/
Davenport area doing truck regulatory enforcement.
The deputy told the trucker to call or text whomever he wanted to let people know the deputies were in the area, according to the complaint received last October.
The reprimand stated that the deputy "recognizes the negative position he put himself and the Sheriff's Office in by alerting certain individuals of truck regulatory enforcement."
In another example, a Fargo sergeant and officer both received letters of reprimand in 2008 for not busting a party where minors had been drinking alcohol. The officer, who took the lead role at the scene, knew one of the minors.
"You made the decision you were not going to take enforcement action against one particular individual because of your relationship to him and his family and the knowledge that enforcement may affect his scholarship situation," the reprimand stated.
The sergeant was reprimanded because, after later learning that the officer's relationship to the partygoers was a factor in not pursuing the bust, the sergeant "did no further follow-up or investigation" of his own, the reprimand stated. Complaints against three other officers involved were not sustained.
A Fargo police officer received a letter of consultation on Nov. 8, 2012, for giving the business card of a chiropractic clinic where she worked a second job to a citizen injured in a motor vehicle crash. The officer was investigating the crash at the time of the incident.
"Utilizing your official position this way diminishes the impartiality that you are expected to observe," the reprimand stated.
Mitchell said Ternes is "really, really firm" on the issue of professional accountability.
"His expectation is that if he's driving home after work tonight and he's speeding and he gets stopped, he expects to get a ticket," Mitchell said. "They can't differentiate between co-workers, neighbors, friends, family members, and he's very firm when it comes to that expectation."
Staff held accountable
The records showed a variety of ways in which the lines between personal and professional lives have blurred on occasion.
In Cass County, a sheriff's sergeant on patrol in July 2009 inappropriately stopped a vehicle driven by his wife with another man as a passenger, according to the complaint.
The sergeant confronted his wife and made the man she was with get out of the vehicle and walk home, then allowed his wife to drive under the influence, the disciplinary letter stated. The sergeant was suspended for three days without pay.
Sheriff Paul Laney said that while "we'll never know" if the sergeant's wife indeed drove under the influence, every decision the sergeant made in that situation was poor, and the severe discipline was meant to send a message "that we're serious about this."
"Three days is a lot of pay," he said.
In a case that resulted in discipline for employees of both the Cass County Jail and West Fargo Police Department, it was preferential treatment of a jailed West Fargo police officer that landed them in trouble.
Officer Allen Schmidt was accused of hitting his girlfriend on Dec. 14, 2011. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct in March 2012 after resigning from the police force.
A correctional officer at the jail received a written reprimand for allowing a sheriff's deputy who was a good friend of Schmidt's to visit him while he was in jail on the day of the incident – a type of visit not allowed for the general public, disciplinary records state.
The correctional officer "admitted she knew better" but indicated "she was having problems separating personal feelings and work when dealing with Al in custody," her sergeant wrote in his disciplinary recommendation.
The deputy who visited Schmidt received a written reprimand for not following the proper chain of command, and a jail corporal also received a written reprimand for allowing the visit and for allowing Schmidt to use his personal cellphone. A member of the West Fargo Police Department also received a letter of counseling for not disclosing information during the internal investigation about a conversation she'd had with Schmidt the day before the alleged domestic incident.
Laney said he has made accountability a priority since taking office in 2007.
"Our mistakes are minor compared to our successes," he said.
Across the river
Moorhead's disciplinary records since 2008 showed only one complaint where an officer's actions involving personal relationships led to disciplinary action.
A lieutenant received a two-day unpaid suspension for divulging details of a police call and incident that involved the person who filed the complaint in September 2009. The lieutenant shared the details with non-law enforcement people who were acquainted with both him and the complainant.
Moorhead Chief David Ebinger said he suspended the lieutenant because he holds command-rank staff to a higher standard, adding that the lieutenant has since been an upstanding leader.
Last October, a deputy with the Clay County Sheriff's Office was suspended for five days for violating the office's policies on nepotism and conflicting relationships by entering an "intimate relationship" with a trainee, participating in her evaluations and failing to notify his supervisor about the relationship, according to personnel records. The deputy also was removed as a police training officer and suspended from the Red River Valley SWAT team until Jan. 1, 2013, "in an effort to allow you time to focus on your personal life and professional career," Sheriff Bill Bergquist wrote in the disciplinary letter.
Dilworth's response to The Forum's records request consisted of only four complaints, all of them unfounded and the oldest from Nov. 15, 2012. City Administrator Ken Parke told The Forum in an email that Police Chief Josh Ebert, who started last year, "went through all the files and what he found is what you received so I'm assuming that is all there is."
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists defender Nemanja Vidic is getting back to his best. The United skipper was a surprise omission from Ferguson's starting line-up to face Real Madrid on Wednesday. Instead, Jonny Evans got the job of partnering Rio Ferdinand in central defence, with the Northern Irishman adding to his blossoming reputation with a solid display. Yet it is clear Vidic still has a major role to play. His performance against Everton last weekend was a throwback to the Serbian's best days. But after virtually 16 months out of action and two lots of major knee surgery, Ferguson is happy for Vidic to inch his way back. "Steadily, he's getting there," said Ferguson. "He was fantastic against Everton and I had my doubts over whether I was doing the right thing or not. "But, in my mind, three days' recovery was a risk, so I stuck by what we've been doing with him. "We've managed it for a while now. When Nemanja came back from his latest injury he'd o...
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That's when he segues into describing Factions. "Factions is a stand-alone expansion for Guild Wars." he says. "Players will be able to purchase Factions and have a lot of fun with it without having to purchase the original game. Of course, those players who do have both will have the benefit of being able to cross back and forth between them, bringing items and abilities across and having access to much more content." Strain uses the card game Magic: The Gathering as a metaphor for the way ArenaNet sees the development of the Guild Wars franchise. "Magic: The Gathering keeps re-inventing itself with each new edition and players are never forced to buy older cards to stay competitive. They can always enjoy a one edition game -- Factions will do that for Guild Wars. What Factions-only players will miss out on is some of the richness that comes from mixing different editions together."
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A system and method for a manufacturer to attract a customer for a distributor, via a public access network, and perform product information and ordering transactions with the customer, where the order receives the financing approval of the distributor and an associated manufacturer's representative receives a commission. The system and method includes the customer submitting a price/quotation request or product order to a host system via the public access communications network. The host system interacts with the customer, the manufacturer and the distributor in order to fulfill the customer request. The host system retrieves a customer price for the product, where the customer price is based on a predetermined pricing function that varies depending on a customer or distributor identification. The host system may also generate an order for purchase, based on the customer's request, and transmit customer information associated with the order to the distributor for financial acceptance. Upon receiving a signal representing a financial acceptance, a commission is assigned to a manufacturer's representative associated with the order, where the commission is determined based on a predetermined commission function. The host system interacts with the customer, distributor and manufacturer to insure fulfillment of the order, including shipment of the order and settlement of payments.
1. A system for generating an order for a product, comprising:
a receiver component that receives, on behalf of a manufacturer, requests to order a product from a customer and for receiving financial authorization from a distributor, a request including a product code that identifies the product and a customer identification that identifies a customer, and a financial authorization comprising an acknowledgment from the distributor verifying a customer account even though the request is received by the receiver component in a manner independent of the distributor;
an order placement component that retrieves information for the identified product including a customer price and that uses the retrieved information to place an order from the manufacturer of the identified product; and
an order fulfillment component that completes a purchase of the product in accordance with the order placed by the order placement component including arrangement for shipping by the manufacturer and billing of the distributor.
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retrieving information with the server system for the identified product including a customer price and using the retrieved information to place an order from the manufacturer of the identified product; and
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This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/662,398, filed Sep. 14, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,333,944 the contents of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
This invention relates to a computer system and method for processing product price requests and placing product orders, and more particularly, to a system and method for pricing and ordering products over the Internet.
In order to sell their products to customers, manufacturers typically employ a chain of manufacturer's representatives and distributors. The manufacturer's representatives make sales calls on the distributors to encourage them to carry the manufacturer's products. The distributors stock and sell the manufacturer's products and advertise these products. Further, the manufacturer's representatives make sales calls on customers, such as contractors who utilize the products and designers who specify the products, to encourage them to purchase or specify the manufacturer's products. For example, the customers of a lighting manufacturer's products, such as lighting fixtures, include: architects, engineers and designers who specify the lighting requirements for various projects; contractors; corporations; military buying services; retail consumers; and wholesalers and other similar accounts.
The customers have a number of options when desiring to purchase products. They may directly contact the distributor to purchase the products, or they may work with the manufacturer's representative. These contacts may be in person, over the phone, via facsimile documents, or over a communications network such as the electronic mail and World Wide Web protocols of the Internet. As "surfing" the Web becomes increasingly popular, increasing numbers of customers are becoming comfortable with inquiring about and ordering products over the Web. Businesses are aware of this trend, and as such a potential customer surfing the Web is exposed to dramatically expanding options in purchasing a product.
With the relative low cost of establishing a website and offering products for sale, many manufacturers are foregoing the traditional sales and distribution methods in favor of direct marketing on the Web. In many of these instances, the manufacturers replace the distributors and manufacturer's representatives with the direct marketing website. This creates a number of problems, however, as the manufacturer is then solely responsible for promoting and distributing it's own products. Further, when problems with a product arises in the field, the service traditionally provided by the manufacturer's representative is no longer available, leading to further problems for the manufacturer. Additionally, by dropping the distributors and manufacturer's representatives, the manufacturer losses a lot of contact points for promoting their product.
Realizing these disadvantages, some manufacturer's offer products both through the traditional chain of distributors and representatives, as well as directly on a website. The problem with this scenario, however, is that the distributors and representatives view the direct sales website as a competitor, and a threat to their own business. Thus, by implementing this structure, manufacturers are damaging the morale and cooperativeness of their own business associates.
Thus, there is a particular need for a manufacturer to increase the level of promotion of their products while still retaining, integrating and providing incentives to distributors and manufacturer's representatives.
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method for ordering a product includes receiving a request for an order via a communications network, where the order includes a product code identifying a product to be purchased and a customer identification identifying a customer. The method also includes retrieving a customer price for the product, where the customer price is based on a predetermined pricing function that is associated with the customer identification. Further, associated with the method is providing a commission to an agent associated with the order and with a manufacturer of the product, where the commission is determined based on a predetermined commission function.
In an alternate embodiment, a method for placing a purchase order includes receiving a request for an order via a communications network, where the order includes a product code identifying a product to be purchased and a customer identification identifying a customer. The method further includes retrieving a customer price for the product, where the customer price is based on a predetermined pricing function that is associated with the customer identification. Further, the method includes identifying a distributor of the product from a plurality of distributors based on the customer identification. The customer identification and customer price are transmitted to the identified distributor for financial approval. After receiving an acceptance notification from the identified distributor, then the product in the order is shipped to the customer.
In yet another alternate embodiment, a server system for generating an order for a product includes a receiver component that receives a request to order a product and that also receives financial authorizations. The request includes a product code that identifies the product and a customer identification that identifies a customer. The financial authorization includes an acknowledgment from a distributor verifying a customer account. The system further includes a data storage medium that stores information for a plurality of products, including a customer price associated with each of the plurality of products. The customer price is based on a predetermined pricing function that varies based on the customer identification. Additionally, the system includes an order placement component that retrieves from the data storage medium information for the identified product and that uses the retrieved information to place an order for the product from a manufacturer of the product. Further, the system includes an order fulfillment component that completes a purchase of the product in accordance with the order placed by the order placement component.
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The website 15 of the host system 14, in one embodiment, primarily promotes the products associated with a single manufacturer 28. As such, the website 15 provides a co-marketing vehicle between the manufacturer and its associated distributors and representatives. The manufacturer-specific website 15 allows the manufacturer to independently promote their own products, as opposed to a distributor website that may include the manufacturer's products along with a competitor's products. By integrating this manufacturer-specific website with the traditional sales and distribution chain, the manufacturer gains an additional, focused marketing tool that rewards the traditional players in the sales and distribution chain while reducing the burden on these players. Pricing requests and product orders are handled primarily through the host system 14, requiring only customer account confirmation and product order financial approvals from the distributor, while rewarding the manufacturer's representative with a commission on the order. The system and method herein may provide relief to the distributor from having to carry inventory to fill the order and the associated inventory carrying costs, such as for taxes, insurance and security. Further, the system and method herein may relieve the distributor of most of the logistics associated with filling the order, as the manufacturer handles most of the shipment logistics. Further, by providing a commission to the manufacturer's representative, the manufacturer's representative experiences expanded sales in their territory without expending any cost or effort. The commission based on the sales provided by the system and method herein thereby give the manufacturer's representative an incentive to initiate or continue providing service to the customer. Thus, the present system and method provides the manufacturer with an additional marketing outlet, which the manufacturer can control, without alienating the traditional participants in the distribution chain, and thereby retaining the inherent benefits provided by these business associates or agents.
In the architecture of the system 10, the host system 14 includes one or more computer servers each having processors, data storage medium, receiving components and transmitting components for the processing, storing, input and output of data, signals and business rules for performing the customer price information and product order transactions.
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The host system 14 may also include one or more database servers 42 including various databases and tables utilized in processing the transactions. For example, the web server 30 may interact with the database server 42 that includes a product database 32 storing of all the information about the products available from the manufacturer 28, a product code database 34 storing of all the identifiers of products, a product/product code database 36 associating the various products with their corresponding product code, a distributor database 38 storing all of the information about the distributors of the products, and a product or product code/distributor database 40 associating the product or product code with the one or more distributors that supply the product. Additionally, for example, the database server 42 may include: a product or product code/product price database 44 associating a price with each product; a product or product code/mark-up database 46 associating a predefined mark-up factor or amount to multiply by or add to the product price of each product; a territory/manufacturer's representative database 48 associating a given geographical territory with each manufacturer's representative; a manufacturer's representative/distributor and/or manufacturer database 50 associating a manufacturer's representative with a distributor with whom the representative is working; a commission database 52 storing information relating to calculating and crediting commission amounts to each manufacturer's representative and tables associating a commission rate or percentage or factor with the manufacturer's representative and the distributor and/or manufacturer; a manufacturer's representative database 54 storing of all the information about each of the manufacturer's representatives; and a customer database 55 storing all of the information about the customer, as well as customer preferences such as preferred distributors and the associated customer account numbers.
Further, the host system 14 may include an intermediate server 56 including business rules 58 for performing the various transactions, a price/quote database 60 storing information related to each request for price or request for quotation, and a product order database 62 storing information related to the content and fulfillment of the purchase orders. The intermediate server 56 may further include a product configurator 66, which is a software module that interacts with the customer and with the data within the host system 14 to assemble a product and product options into predefined product configurations for ordering purposes.
Although shown as three separate servers, the web server 30, database server 42 and intermediate server 56 may be combined into a single server. Additionally, although the host system 14 is described as having the data and processing capabilities for performing the methods of the present invention, the computer 20 of the customer 18 may share some of these tasks. Thus, the servers of the host system 14 include all of the software and the data and data relationships for the host system 14 to determine a customer price for a product based on the identified distributor, as well as determining a commission and a manufacturer's representative to credit based on an order.
As mentioned above, the system 10 is preferably sponsored by a single manufacturer 28, although it is possible that more than one manufacturer may join together in offering their products on the website 15. For example, manufacturers with complementary products may jointly promote the website 15 in order to offer a potential customer a more complete selection of products from which to choose. For example, a light fixture manufacturer promoting the website 15 may join together with one or more manufacturers of complementary products, such as lamps or ballast. Other arrangements of manufacturers joining together may also be utilized. The manufacturer 28 generally produces a selection of products that may be offered for sale directly by the manufacturer, or through a sales and distribution chain incorporating, for example, manufacturer's representatives 26 or other marketing/sales agents and distributors 24 or other resellers. For example, in the lighting industry, one example of a manufacturer is W.F. Harris Lighting of Monroe, N.C.
The customer 18 may be any potential product specifier, purchaser or anyone interested in a product produced by the manufacturer 28. For example, the customer 18 may be a designer who specifies products, a commercial customer or a retail customer. Customers who specify a product include, for example, designers, engineers and architects. A commercial customer is a customer who qualifies to purchase a product at a discount because they are a reseller of the product and/or because they purchase large quantities of the product. An example of commercial customer in the lighting industry, for example, includes contractors. In contrast, a retail customer is a consumer, generally without industry ties and generally making a one-time, small quantity purchase.
In the system 10, one or more customers 18 may interact with the host system 14 at any one time. The customer 18 provides an identity to the host system 14 using a customer identification 64. The customer identification 64 may be one or a combination of data such as: the customer's name; the customer's address or location, including one or more of the street name, city, state, zip code, county and country; an account number, where the account number includes the customer's customer account number with a distributor, or where the account number includes a financial account, such as a credit, debit, charge, savings or checking account, with a financial institution, or where the account number includes a contractor number or a specifying architect/engineer/designer number; an Internet protocol (IP) address, which may indirectly include the customer's location; a biometric identifier, such as based on a fingerprint, iris, eye, face, handwriting, and other similar biometrics; and any other unique alphabetic, numeric or alphanumeric code, such as a website-specific name and password that identifies the customer.
The distributor 24 is one of a plurality of entities that resell the product or products of the manufacturer 28. The distributor 24 also may promote the products of the manufacturer 28 to potential customers 18. Usually a manufacturer 28 is associated with a number of distributors 24 in order to increase the scope of marketing of their product. Typically, the distributor 24 keeps an inventory of the manufacturer's products and makes that inventory available to the customer 18 in a typical sales/distribution chain transaction, however, that inventory is not required or utilized by the present invention.
In a traditional sales/distribution chain transaction, for example, the distributor gives the customer a customer price for a product. The distributor-quoted customer price includes a product price plus a unique mark-up, where the product price may be the price the distributor paid for the product and the unique mark-up includes a distributor-specific additional amount the distributor charges for the product to cover their expenses and profit. If the customer wants the product, the customer submits an order to the distributor, and the distributor ships the product from inventory to the customer and bills the customer. The customer pays the distributor, while the distributor had previously paid the manufacturer for the product after receiving it into inventory. In this traditional scenario, the distributor incurs costs, such as taxes and overhead on the inventory of the product. Further, the distributor incurs cost in marketing and promoting the product, as well as in managing the order process and arranging the delivery and delivering the product, and further including the costs of carrying inventory.
The present system 10 and method allows the distributor 24 to avoid many of these costs on the incremental sales provided herein, however, as the host system 14 manages the majority of transactions involved in the request for pricing information and product orders from the customer 18. The distributor 24 is primarily involved in the aspect of approving customer's method of financing identified in the product order and settling the transaction, when the customer 18 purchases a product through the host system 14. For example, the distributor 24 validates a given customer account and insures a given customer credit limit is not exceeded by the order. Further, the distributor 24 interacts with the host system 14 to confirm whether or not the customer 18 has a customer account with the distributor, or otherwise qualifies for special pricing. Thus, the distributor avoids all of the inventory and product delivery costs while being able to make money by financing transactions with which the distributor is not directly involved.
The manufacturer's representative or agent 26 is one of a plurality of individuals or organizations associated with the manufacturer 28 that market and sell their products. A manufacturer's representative 26 may have an exclusive contract to represent the products of only one manufacturer, or they may be independent and represent a number of competing manufacturers. Additionally, there may be various manufacturer's representatives 26 in a given territory, such as a distributor representative, a showroom or commercial representative, etc. Further, the manufacturer's representative 26 typically has a contract with the manufacturer 28 that establishes a commission to be paid to the representative for generating orders/sales of the products. For example, the manufacturer's representative 26 may have a commission equal to a percentage of the sales price of the product, or equal to a flat rate for each sale, where the percentage or rate may vary depending on the distributor, manufacturer and/or product.
The system 10 for processing requests for product pricing information and product orders now will be further described with reference to lighting products. The system and methods of the present invention may be utilized with any other commercially- or retail-available products, however, where it is desirable for a manufacturer to establish additional marketing opportunities for its products while maintaining and integrating distributors and manufacturer's representatives or other business associates in a typical marketing/distributor chain.
In one exemplary embodiment of a system and method for processing requests for product pricing information and product purchase orders, referring to
Once a desired product is found, then the customer selects the product (Block 124) and adds it to their request or order. For example, in viewing information on a product, the customer may select an order button displayed on the web page which automatically enters the product into an order. If the product selected by the customer 18 includes options and/or accessories, the host system 14 may prompt the customer to configure the product for example, by utilizing the product configurator 66 (Block 126). For example, the host system 14 may display web pages 16 to the customer showing the options and/or accessories, requiring the customer 18 to select a preferred option/accessory to complete the product selection. Once the product configuration is complete, the host system 14 may give the customer 18 the option to continue shopping so that additional products can be entered onto the order or so that the just-entered order can be modified, or to finalize and submit the order (Block 128). If the customer 18 indicates a preference to continue shopping, then the customer may select an area within the website 15, such as another product area, to continue shopping. If the customer 18 indicates the desire to finalize and submit the order, then the host system 14 may require the customer to select one from a plurality of distributors 24 (Block 130) and enter customer identification 64 (Block 132).
The selection of the distributor 24 (Block 130) may not be required, however, depending on information contained with the customer identification 64 or depending on whether the customer 18 is making a request for price or a request for quote, as are discussed below. For example, if the customer 18 is a previous visitor to the site and has stored a distributor preference on the host system 14 such as in the customer database 55, then the host system may retrieve this information automatically. Other information previously-stored on the host system 14 and associated with the customer 18 may include other preferences and information, such as the customer's customer account number associated with the indicated distributor and the customer's name and password for accessing the website. Further, for example, if the customer 18 is a retail customer and is only making a request for price, then the host system 14 may retrieve from the distributor database 38 the distributor that is geographically-located nearest to the customer based on the customer information 64. Alternatively, for example, if the customer 18 is a retail customer and is only making a request for price, then the host system 14 may not require a distributor association until a purchase order is entered, if a distributor is not automatically selected, and thus may merely retrieve a standard retail mark-up from the database server 42. Alternately, the system 10 may allow the customer 18 to enter multiple distributor identifications to enable the customer to efficiently make price comparisons.
Upon finalizing the order, the customer 18 submits it to the host system 14 (Block 134), indicating a request for price (RFP) or a request for quotation (RFQ). In a RFP transaction, the customer 18 is querying the host system 14 for a customer price for an identified product. Typically, the customer price will vary depending on the distributor and depending on whether or not the customer has an account with the distributor. The RFQ transaction may be utilized by a customer 18 to compare product pricing from various distributors prior to initiating an order. An RFQ is a special case transaction, where the customer believes a product price other than the usual customer price should be associated with an order. For example, a contractor ordering a large quantity or an unusual product configuration may utilize the RFQ transaction. The host system 14 receives the request and stores a copy in the price/quote database 60 (Block 136), and then determines if it is an RFP or an RFQ (Block 138).
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If the customer 18 is identified as a retail customer, then the host system 14 retrieves a retail mark-up and a product price from the database server 42 and combines them into a customer price for each product in the order. (Blocks 141 and 142). The host system 14 then generates the order price (Block 144), which is the sum of the customer price times the product quantity for each product in the order, and transmits the order price to the customer 18 (Block 146).
Alternatively, if the customer 18 is identified as a commercial customer, then the host system 14 retrieves the customer account number for the distributor from the customer identification 64, or from the database server 42 if it has been previously stored (Block 148). The host system 14 then transmits the customer account number to the distributor for acknowledgment of the validity of the customer account number (Block 150). The host system 14 then receives a signal from the distributor indicating the validity of the customer account number (Block 152). The signal may also indicate that the customer is in good standing, i.e. has not exceeded their credit limit, with the distributor. The host system 14 then determines if the signal from the distributor indicates acceptance or rejection of the customer account number (Block 154). If the signal rejects the customer account number, then the host system 14 notifies the customer 18 (Block 156), who may be given one or more options such as to enter another customer account number, to modify the order to specify another distributor and customer account number, or to obtain a retail price. If the signal indicates acceptance of the customer account number, then the host system retrieves a distributor-specific mark-up and a product price from the database server 42, such as from the product code/mark-up database 46 and the product/product price database 44, for each product in the order (Blocks 158 and 142, respectively). The host system 14 then calculates the customer price and generates the order price (Block 144). The customer price is a function of the product price and distributor-specific mark-up. The order price is the sum of the customer price times the product quantity for each product in the order. The host system 14 then transmits the order price to the customer 18 (Block 146).
Along with the transmission of the order price (Block 146), the host system 14 may allow the customer 18 to indicate whether or not they would like to modify the order (Block 160). For example, the customer 18 may decide to alter the order quantity after seeing the order price, or the customer may decide to add or delete products from the order. If the host system 14 receives an indication for an order modification, then the host system returns the customer 18 to Block 128 to reconfigure and resubmit the order (Block 162). If the host system 14 receives an indication from the customer 18 to purchase the products identified in the order, then the host system stores a copy of the order in the product order database 62 and proceeds with a purchasing order transaction (Block 164 and
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The quotation includes an order price, which is the sum of the customer price times the number of products for each product in the order. The customer price is a function of the product price and a quotation-specific mark-up for each product in the order. The quotation-specific mark-up may depend on the product price, a distributor-specific mark-up, the distributor, the product quantity, the product, the customer, the manufacturer's representative, and other similar variables that affect a customer price. As mentioned above, the quotation-specific mark-up may be predetermined and automatically selected by the host system 14 based on quantitive factors such as product quantity, product price, customer identification, etc.
The host system 14 then prompts the customer 18 about modifying the RFQ or placing an order for purchase (Block 172). If the host system 14 receives an indication from the customer 18 to modify the order, then the host system returns the customer to Block 128 (
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Further, upon determining that the customer and payment information is accepted (Block 188), the host system 14 may calculate and provide a commission to a manufacturer's representative 26 associated with the order (Block 190). In order to determine the proper manufacturer's representative 26, the host system 14 preferably utilizes the customer identification 64 to determine a location of the customer 18. The host system 14 associates the customer location with a territory, such as by using the customer's zip code, and associates the territory with a particular manufacturer's representative 26 using the information in the territory/manufacturer's representative database 48 (
In an alternative embodiment, the manufacturer 28 determines the commission and pays the commission to the appropriate manufacturer's representative 26 once the manufacturer receives the purchase order payment from the distributor 24. Alternately, the distributor 24 may identify the manufacturer's representative to receive the commission.
Further, upon determining that the customer and payment information is rejected (Block 188), the host system 14 then may give the customer 18, if the customer is a commercial customer who entered a customer account number (Block 192), the option of resubmitting the order using different payment information (Block 194). For example, a contractor who exceeds their credit limit on their distributor customer account may still be able to order the product at the contractor price by using a credit card account for payment. If the host system 14 receives a signal from the commercial customer 18 indicting the desire to use different payment information, then the customer is returned to Block 178 to enter the payment information and continue. If the customer 18 is not a commercial customer, or if the host system 14 receives a signal from the commercial customer 18 indicting the desire not to use different payment information, then the transaction is ended (Block 196).
To conclude the process, the manufacturer 28 ships the products specified in the order directly to the customer 18 and bills the distributor 24 (Block 198). Preferably, the manufacturer 28 first reviews and approves the product order prior to shipment of the product. For example, the manufacturer 28 may not approve of a product order that directs a product to be shipped to a country subject to a government imposed boycott. The direct shipment to the customer 18 eliminates the distributor 24 from having to carry inventory of the products ordered using the present system 10. The distributor 24 pays the manufacturer 28 and bills the customer 18 (Block 200). The customer 18 receives the products on the purchase order and the distributor's bill, and then pays the distributor 24 (Block 202).
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The distributor 24 analyzes the application and returns an application response signal to the host system 14. The host system 14 receives, stores and interprets the application response signal as an approval or denial (Block 216) and notifies the customer 18 and manufacturer 28 of the application response (Blocks 210 and 212). If the application is approved (Block 218), then the approval includes a customer account number that the customer 18 may utilize in future requests, or the host system 14 may retrieve the stored request, automatically insert the customer account number, and continue processing (Block 220). If the application is denied (Block 218), then the customer 18 may enter other account data, such as a financial account, to get product prices or quotes based on retail pricing, or the host system 14 may retrieve the stored request and continue processing as a retail request (Block 222).
The processes and methods described above are presented in a preferred arrangement. The various steps may be combined, some steps may be eliminated, and/or the order of the steps may be changed and still be within the system and method of the present invention.
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The home page 300 may initially present the customer with a login pop-up menu 310, requesting a customer identification 312 and a password 314. The customer identification 312 may be a unique alpha and/or numeric code or biometric data associated with the customer, while the password is a unique alpha and/or numeric code that verifies the identity of the customer. Both the customer identification 312 and password 314 may be compared with an authentic customer identification and password previously-stored in the customer database 55. The customer identification 312 may be the same as, or may be a part of, the customer identification 64 used in the request process as described regarding Block 104 (
The plurality of navigation buttons 306 include direct links to areas of interest to the typical customer. For example, typical navigation buttons include: a product button 316 for further information on product areas and/or specific products; a order area 318 for linking to order entry web pages; a customer registration button 320 for entering customer information for storage in the customer database 55; a sales representative button 322 for information on the plurality of manufacturer's representatives 26; a distributor button 323 for information on the plurality of distributors 24; a warranty information button 324 for information on product warranties; a frequently asked questions (FAQ) button 326 for information in response to typical customer questions; an about us button 328 for information on the manufacturer 28; and a contact us button 330 for information on contacting the manufacturer 28 and or administrator of the host system 14.
In reviewing product information the customer 18 may select the products button 316, and be presented with a product areas page 332 displaying the various type of products 334 available from the manufacturer 28. For example, typical product areas offered by manufacturer W. F. Harris Lighting may include: High Abuse 336; Decorative Indoor/Outdoor 338; Night Owl 340; Work Lights 342; Rough Service 344; Emergency 346; Floods 348; Portable 350; Landscape 352; and Graphics 354, among others.
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The web pages described above are for a preferred embodiment. Other embodiments including modifications, additions and/or deletions to the above-defined pages may be implemented and still be within the system and method of the present invention.
Thus, the system and method disclosed herein preferably includes a web-based system and method for a manufacturer to market and sell for profit or exposure its manufactured and/or assembled products on its exclusive website. The products are sold in cooperation with distributors using mutually agreed-upon or otherwise derived individual or overall predefined mark-ups. The customer prices may be accessed by a customer, where the distributor is customer-selected or automatically determined from customer information. Further, upon receiving an order having distributor-approved financing, an agent or manufacturer's representative associated with the order is credited with a commission based on the order and/or the customer and/or the account type. Typically, the commission is determined based on a commission rate, according to a standing agreement in effect between the manufacturer and agent/representative at the time the commission is calculated. Therefore, the system and method allows a customer to place an order through a manufacturer's website, using a customer- or automatically-selected distributor and crediting a manufacturer's representative, thereby providing incremental sales and marketing that benefit the manufacturer, distributor and manufacturer's representative.
Although the invention has been described and illustrated in detail, it is to be clearly understood that the same is intended by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation. Accordingly, variations and modifications of the present invention will be apparent to one skilled in the art, and the following claims are intended to cover all such modifications and equivalents.
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"The history of Broadway has been written before, but never better….The verbal energy that pours off these pages is enough to transform the hell of…Times Square into a rough-hewn heaven, neon lit and open all night….The only thing wrong with this book is it isn't longer." —NEWSWEEKNik Cohn ushers readers along the street he calls "The Heart of the World." producing a book that is a resplendent pageant of New York's high-and low-life. Among the characters we meet are a golden-tongued cab driver who calls himself a "collector of farces"; a pickpocket with the terrifying gift of impersonating his marks; a heartbreakingly beautiful Dominican tranvestite named Lush Life; strippers; pseudo-prophets; and a disgraced political veteran of the days when the graft was still honest. Conducted by a writer with the manic energy of a sideshow barker and the full-blooded lyricism of a raucous poet, this is a bebop odyssey along the Great White Way that reaches in implication far beyond the streets of New York to document the ever-evolving mixtures that make up America itself."A lovely, bracing book, full to bursting with juicy, tasty, rancid life. While making its bawdy way through crowded spaces … it also travels through modern times … wondrous." —USA TODAY
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
- Description: This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 (and eventually back to 1836) and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
- Host URL: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/