A method, system and program for brokering and facilitating consumer projects
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an electronic system are provided. A buyer submits a project request to a broker
system. The broker system distributes the project request to multiple prospective
manufacturers from among a catalog of manufacturers. Manufacturers submit bids
and other indicators of the feasibility of manufacturing the project. The broker
system facilitates obtaining a manufacturer who can feasibly manufacture the project
request. The buyer selects a preferred manufacturer from among those obtained by
the broker server, such that a buyer's project request is brokered to multiple
manufacturers and a preferred manufacturer is then procured to produce the project.