A global supply chain management system in an environment of multiple
suppliers forming supply chains for one or more buyers connected over the
Internet. The system includes a global processor with logic that maps
"local" supply information for each buyer and each supplier, represented
in one or more property tables having master information correlated to
local information for each buyer and each supplier. The system manages
processes from an input of lots to an output through supplier stages
where clients each use fragmented different local information. A
correlation means uses base lot indicators, one for each of the lots in
common for all of said stages and executes supply chain management
functions for tracking lots through the supplier stages and for dynamic
creation of sets of purchase orders among groups of suppliers for
processing the same lot through the supply chain.