A system for processing applications from customers for manufacture of vehicle parts is provided. The system includes a server configured to generate an application interface on a customer client in communication with the server through a network. The server is further configured to receive a completed application for manufacture of a part of a vehicle from the customer through the customer client using the application interface. The completed application has information including a first set of information regarding operating conditions of the vehicle, a second set of information defining specifications for the part of the vehicle for which the application to manufacture is being submitted, and a third set of information regarding another part of the vehicle functionally interrelated with said part of the vehicle for which the application for manufacture is being submitted.