摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly manage inventory even if a necessity of repair of a defective product occurs. <P>SOLUTION: The number of inventory at start time Sstrt is set after reading repair request data and sales prediction data from a repair management system and a sales prediction system (S100, S110), the number R of scheduled repair return is set based on the repair request data, and the number of scheduled sales Sout is set based on the sales prediction data (S120, 130). The target number of inventory Strgt is set based on the number of scheduled sales Sout (S140), the number of scheduled delivery Sin and the number of scheduled repair return R are added to the number of inventory Sstrt at the start time, and the number of scheduled delivery Sin is set so that a value obtained by subtracting the number of scheduled sales Sout becomes the target number of inventory Strgt (S150). As a result, inventory can be properly managed even if the necessity of repair of the defective product occurs. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |