Systems and methods that facilitate selection of particular equipment
desired to be leased through contract execution are described herein. In
one exemplary embodiment, the system includes a server having a database
for storing data relating to an aircraft fleet. The stored data includes
specific information relating to aircraft in the fleet, as well as terms
of existing leases for those aircraft in the fleet then currently leased.
The system is accessible to the customer via a network such as a wide
area network, e.g., an extranet accessible via the Internet, so that the
customer can query the database and identify aircraft the meets specific
mission requirements. The system facilitates meeting customer
requirements in that a customer can readily select, via the system,
multiple aircraft desired for lease without requiring involvement of the
marketing executive. Such selections can be made by the customer any
time, anywhere, at the customers convenience. Once the customer submits
the selections, the marketing executive then initiates and actually
prepares the term sheets for the aircraft based on the actual customer
selections and using terms acceptable to the customer.