Electronic Pricing System for 3D Product Variable Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies lack the ability to automatically display tradeoffs for multiple business variables related to the manufacture or supply of designed products, making it difficult for users to optimize pricing and delivery schedules.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses an electronic pricing system to determine and display prices and initial values for business variables associated with a 3D computer model, allowing users to input changes and automatically determine acceptable ranges for business variables, thereby optimizing tradeoffs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually adjust multiple business variables to optimize pricing and delivery, then decision quality improves, but time consumption and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines pricing and business variable values based on the 3D model parameters without requiring manual intervention. The electronic pricing system self-calculates and displays updated values and acceptable ranges for business variables, eliminating the need for users to manually adjust multiple variables while maintaining high decision quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment of business variables with an automated electronic pricing system. The system uses computational algorithms to process 3D model data and automatically generate pricing recommendations, substituting human manual operations with automated electronic processing to reduce time consumption.
2Productivity
If the system automatically determines pricing and business variable ranges, then productivity improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic pricing system performs multiple functions including 3D model analysis, pricing calculation, business variable determination, and display generation within a single integrated system. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate systems, improving productivity while managing complexity through integration rather than proliferation of components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an electronic pricing system as an intermediary between the 3D model and the final pricing output. This intermediary layer automatically processes the complex relationship between model parameters and business variables, handling the computational complexity centrally while presenting simplified results to users.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users can input changes to multiple business variables simultaneously, then adaptability improves, but difficulty of detecting and measuring tradeoffs increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically calculates and displays updated pricing and business variable values in response to user inputs, providing immediate feedback on tradeoffs. When users modify one variable, the system recomputes and presents the impact on other variables, making tradeoffs visible and measurable without requiring users to manually analyze complex relationships.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual analysis of tradeoffs with automated computational algorithms that process variable relationships. The electronic pricing system uses programmed logic to detect and measure the impact of variable changes, substituting human analytical effort with automated measurement capabilities.
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AI summary
A system comprising an electronic pricing system configured to receive information corresponding to a designed product and determine an initial price(s) as well as initial values of other business variables associated with the price. The system allows a user to enter a change to a price or the other business variable to instantly discover how the change affects other variables and optionally how the change affects one or more allowable ranges of acceptable values of other variables. The user can then lock the value of one or more of the variables and prices and change others to instantly discover how a change to one affects the others. The user can then order manufacture of the designed product as a function of values of price and other business variables.