Abstract: A computer implemented method of managing purchase orders to one or more vendors includes importing purchase order data from a purchase order management computer system to a server computer. From the purchase order data, the server computer determines new purchase order information. The server computer then automatically generates e-mail notification to the vendor of the existence of a new purchase order for the vendor. The e-mail instructs the vendor to access a purchase order website in order to confirm receipt of the new purchase order. Additional e-mail reminders can be automatically generated if the vendor does not confirm receipt of the purchase order. Further e-mails can be automatically generated to remind the vendor to ship by an agreed upon date, to remind the vendor to provide shipping information by accessing the website, or for other purposes.

Abstract: A method of providing designer product information to a customer of a designer product manufacturer in order to customize designer products includes transmitting computer executable instructions over a computer network to a client computer, which when executed on the client computer cause a web browser on the client computer to prompt the customer to input designer product configuration preferences. The preferences input by the customer are then received over the computer network at a web server. Then, drawing data is retrieved from a database of pre-prepared drawings for a designer product corresponding to the designer product configuration preferences input by the customer. Computer executable instructions corresponding to the retrieved drawing data are then transmitted to the client computer.