International Business Machines Corporation

Brad M Altice

William Reilly

Anandakrishnan Narayanan

Deirdre A Wessel

Joanne O'Lear

Charles Sidney Atkinson

Yi-Wen Tan

Edward H Carter

Leonid Derbinsky

Docelyn Lordeus

Aparicio I Ranghel

Robert J Banker

Jorge M Salas

Ji Yuan Bian

A system for providing a fee associated with a location for an ordered object. In response to receiving an order for an object from a customer that includes a location for where to ship the object, it is determined whether the location requires a fee for the object. The fee for the object for the location is requested from a fee service in response to determining that the location does require the fee for the object. The fee for the object for the location is received from the fee service. The fee for the object for the location is added to a customer price and a first customer response. Then, the first customer response that includes the fee for the object for the location is sent to the customer.

Providing recycling fees

A method, system and program product for optimally managing fulfillment of orders that are channeled through a diversified manufacturing environment that utilizes different process models, product nomenclatures and communication methods. The method includes sending by a contemporary fulfillment application to a legacy application a scheduling request for an order that includes a code recommending that the order is deemed eligible for fulfillment by a specific manufacturing site. The method further includes returning by the legacy application a scheduling response providing scheduling information for the order and confirming that the order is to be fulfilled by the specific manufacturing site. The method further includes transmitting a shipment request by the contemporary fulfillment application to a contemporary production application for routing delivery of the order to the specific manufacturing site and receiving a shipment response from the contemporary production application providing a delivery status of the order.

Method, system and program product for managing fulfillment of orders

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Brad M Altice