Method and system for aggregate asset routing
A method for asset routing including receiving a digital asset, determining a set of print partners for the digital asset, determining a set of candidate batches for the digital asset, selecting a print partner for the digital asset, optionally determining a print partner for an unmatched digital asset, and routing the digital asset to the print partner.
1. A method for routing an asset to a print partner, comprising:
receiving the asset, wherein the asset is associated with asset parameters;
determining a ruleset, wherein each rule within the ruleset is associated with an asset parameter permutation, wherein a rule comprises a weight for each print partner, and wherein an asset parameter permutation comprises a specified value for at least one asset parameter, wherein the ruleset comprises a first and second rule cluster;
determining a set of preferred print partners by evaluating the rules in the first rule cluster in parallel and evaluating the rules in the second rule cluster in series;
determining a set of available print partners from the set of preferred print partners based on a capacity of each print partner of the set of preferred print partners;
selecting the print partner from the set of available print partners; and
routing the asset to the print partner for printing.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the asset comprises a digital mail piece.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the asset is received as part of an order, wherein the order comprises a plurality of assets, wherein each asset within the order is individually routed using the method.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ruleset is determined based on a set of optimization factors.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the set of optimization factors comprises at least one of print cost, time-to print, or time-to-delivery.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ruleset is associated with an asset parameter permutation matching the asset parameters.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of preferred print partners are determined based on a routing system state.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the print partner is selected based on a daily minimum asset volume associated with the print partner.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the asset is specified by a set of HTML variable values.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the asset in a datastore, wherein the datastore is queried by the print partner for the asset.