摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method, a device and a program for allocating a substitute product capable of enhancing a customers' satisfaction level. <P>SOLUTION: When a machine of a kind with similar specifications to a product for which maintenance is requested is allocated as a substitute product, the specifications of the product for which maintenance is requested are compared to the specifications of the substitute product. Of substitute products, a predetermined number of substitute product candidates with similar specifications are extracted and automatically allocated. Of the predetermined number of substitute product candidates, the product with the specifications which a customer desires to give priority to is automatically allocated as the substitute product. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |