Abstract: A system and a computerized method are disclosed that each include or cause performance of various computerized operations. The computerized operations include receiving user input corresponding to product information corresponding to a retail item searched for via a network device, performing pre-processing operations on the product information, querying one or more data stores to obtain potential buying options corresponding to the searched-for retail item, wherein each of the one or more data stores house information corresponding to a preferred supplier, analyzing query results based on at least on proprietary, organization-specific procurement rules to determine at least one recommended buying option, and causing the rendering of at least a portion of a graphical user interface on the network device that displays the at least one recommended buying option. The user input may be received by a web browser plug-in processing on the network device.

Abstract: A mobile field system comprises a service center that is connected to the office of a field service organization and number of customers of the field service organization via the Internet or another computer network. The service center is also connected to the mobile systems of technicians who work for the field service organization by a mobile communications system such as a wireless Internet service provider. One or more message queues may be used to increase the reliability of communications between the systems. By using such a queue, messages may not be lost and the communications can be made transparent to the user of the remote system.